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# isAuthorizationRequiredForPlayback

A Boolean value that indicates whether authorization is required to play the content.

```
var isAuthorizationRequiredForPlayback: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

This property reports whether authorization is required for the item’s content to be played. If it does not require authorization, then none of the other authorization-related  methods or properties apply (though they will return sensible values where possible).

This property is not key-value observable.

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