Hello. I recently found out that an Australian TV show that I like has recently put some of its new episodes on iTunes in Australia. If I purchased an iTunes card and used a VPN to purchase the episodes on the Australia iTunes store would I be able to play it in the US? I live in the US and I want to be able to put the show on my iPod before I go on a month-long trip.
This article describes how to change your country setting and the requirements and consequences of doing this:
Read how to "Change your Apple ID country or region" click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201389
The sections below are copied from this document but I suspect they are very similar for all versions of this document --> https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - Last Updated: September 16, 2020
"Our Services are available for your use in your country of residence (“Home Country”). By creating an account for use of the Services in a particular country or territory you are specifying it as your Home Country."
"Terms found in this Agreement that relate to Services, Content types, features or functionality not available in your Home Country are not applicable to you unless and until they become available to you. To see the Content types available to you in your Home Country, go to the Services or visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204411. Certain Services and Content available to you in your Home Country may not be available to you when traveling outside of your Home Country."
This article describes how to change your country setting and the requirements and consequences of doing this:
Read how to "Change your Apple ID country or region" click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201389
The sections below are copied from this document but I suspect they are very similar for all versions of this document --> https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - Last Updated: September 16, 2020
"Our Services are available for your use in your country of residence (“Home Country”). By creating an account for use of the Services in a particular country or territory you are specifying it as your Home Country."
"Terms found in this Agreement that relate to Services, Content types, features or functionality not available in your Home Country are not applicable to you unless and until they become available to you. To see the Content types available to you in your Home Country, go to the Services or visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204411. Certain Services and Content available to you in your Home Country may not be available to you when traveling outside of your Home Country."
In other words, what you want to do is not how the system is set up. You can buy what is available where you live and if you can't then that is it. Trying workarounds is very difficult, quite apart from violating the terms of use of the service (which you can read about in the terms and use document). This isn't Apple being mean for the sake of being mean -- they would love to make as much money as possible off you -- but the media owners set their own restrictions on what can be sold where and when.
Could I purchase content from another country on iTunes?
