Yup...they are...
Right because Apple owns exclusive rights to the Andromeda Galaxy.
What ? They don't ?
Is kind of odd that Sony would choose that particular image though. I've not seen it on any other advertising like that.
Apple photoshopped the original NASA picture, if Sony uses the edited version then, yep, copied.
One of the most noticable edits is the removal of the Messier 110 galaxy, just like on the Apple edited image.