Apple TV censored in Dubai?

The files would download directly from the U.S. iTunes store. They could block access to the iTunes store servers, but they couldn't do anything with the actual content stored on those servers.

magoo1978 wrote:
I live in Dubai and bought an APPLE TV here. I have a USA credit card and billing address so I purchase movies from the USA store. I was wondering about censorship issues though. Can the movies I buy while I am in Dubai be censored by the authorities here? *They censor a lot of things in this country.*

You got that right. My sister is an airline attendant based out of Dubai. I'm amazed at some of the things she tells me about life there in Dubai and the U.A.E..

She recently told me that Skype is illegal there.

My guess is that the answer to your question is a resounding yes.

My guess is that the answer to your question is a resounding yes.

If the OP buys files from the U.S iTunes store he will get the same files everyone else gets from there. There is no way the government of Dubai could censor files in the U.S. iTunes stores. About the only thing they could do would be to block access to the servers from within Dubai. If the government there is draconian, I suppose they could also arrest people who are in possession of banned video files.

capaho wrote:

About the only thing they could do would be to block access to the servers from within Dubai. *If the government there is draconian, I suppose they could also arrest people who are in possession of banned video files.*

Oh my.....next thing you know, they'll make it illegal for women to drive.

Woops.

Drum_Phil wrote:
My guess is that the answer to your question is a resounding yes.

your guess would be wrong then

Drum_Phil wrote:
Oh my.....next thing you know, they'll make it illegal for women to drive.

and that would be bad because ... ? 😉

Chenks wrote:

Drum_Phil wrote:
My guess is that the answer to your question is a resounding yes.

your guess would be wrong then

Possibly, but I'd doubt it.

Magoo, please try to rent Syriana or The English Patient and tell us how well that goes for you.

You apparently don't understand how the technology works. They can't selectively censor or block access to specific files that are on the iTunes store servers. iTunes is not a web browser, it can't be censored using the same technology employed by the Great Firewall of China, for example. The government there would have to block access to the iTunes servers entirely if they were so inclined.