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A little TV legality question
« on: 14 November 2011, 22:04:55 »

swmbo and I just had a thought..... :o :o :o

Miss vamps is watching the Jungle crap on her Ipod touch, if we all had these, would we have to have a TV Licence, and how would they know,?  take it further and supposed we all watched TV on laptops, tablets etc, just a thought :-\ :-\ :-\
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #1 on: 14 November 2011, 22:10:10 »

Officially you would still need a licence. Frighteningly the BBC wanted to make everyone with an internet connection be forced to have a tv licence.
Also wrongly the bbc has a list of all properties theat don't have a tv licence. Now I could be wrong that smacks of big brother.
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #2 on: 14 November 2011, 22:24:53 »

I don't know if it was an urban myth regarding detector vans being non effective if they are not there p!ssing in the wind maybe someone can confirm?
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #3 on: 14 November 2011, 22:36:31 »

Officially you would still need a licence. Frighteningly the BBC wanted to make everyone with an internet connection be forced to have a tv licence.
Also wrongly the bbc has a list of all properties theat don't have a tv licence. Now I could be wrong that smacks of big brother.

I believe this is so, not sure they have detector vans now... :-\ :-\ :-\
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #4 on: 14 November 2011, 22:37:01 »

The TV Licence covers all TV tuning devices in the household ;)
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #5 on: 14 November 2011, 22:41:09 »

Think you still need one (maybe not tv licence) to receive radio. plus if any tv has freeview built in you need one even if not connected.

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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #6 on: 14 November 2011, 22:42:37 »

The TV Licence covers all TV tuning devices in the household ;)

I suspect so, but is an Ipod, or similar a 'tuning device'? also, what if you were in the middle of a field on a dongle, where would you stand?.........

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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #7 on: 14 November 2011, 22:45:27 »

The TV Licence covers all TV tuning devices in the household ;)

I suspect so, but is an Ipod, or similar a 'tuning device'? also, what if you were in the middle of a field on a dongle, where would you stand?.........

How's business Paul?
Covered by your home License... Can't be arsed to go fetch it but it is stated on it somewhere ;) ;)

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« Reply #8 on: 14 November 2011, 22:48:44 »

Business is pretty good... Day 7 today and had my 3rd job :y Hopefully this week will be busier

So the .. special people .. aren't disappointing you, then ;)


And on the TV licence:

Consider it a tax on "anyone who can see or hear" and I reckon that probably covers it ;D I'm continually surprised they didn't manage to persuade the Powers that Be to make it a tax on everyone with an internet connection as well.
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #9 on: 14 November 2011, 22:49:07 »

The TV Licence covers all TV tuning devices in the household ;)

I suspect so, but is an Ipod, or similar a 'tuning device'? also, what if you were in the middle of a field on a dongle, where would you stand?.........

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Covered by your home License... Can't be arsed to go fetch it but it is stated on it somewhere ;) ;)
Business is pretty good... Day 7 today and had my 3rd job :y Hopefully this week will be busier

Yep, like having a TV in our caravan (Static) but technically I believe you are not supposed to have the TV on in the house at the same time, so of course the boys are not at home watching the tv when we are away...... :-X
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #10 on: 14 November 2011, 22:51:20 »

If you are watching live TV, you need a licence and it dosn't matter what device you are using.  However, if you are watching recorded programmes through say the BBC iplayer then you don't need a licence  ;)
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« Reply #11 on: 14 November 2011, 23:05:56 »

... but technically I believe you are not supposed to have the TV on in the house at the same time, so of course the boys are not at home watching the tv when we are away...... :-X

I think that's how BBC would have liked it, but I don't think that's how it works & you can still watch our telly at home while we're watching out caravan telly in a field.  ;) ;)
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #12 on: 14 November 2011, 23:07:51 »

Based on a few months I spent without either a TV licence or a TV, they constantly pester those without one with increasingly threatening letters until they give up and get one anyway. No detection required. Used to have great fun writing letters back to them suggesting, amongst other less repeatable things, that they come and check my non-existent installation, then denying them entry to the property when they turn up. ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 14 November 2011, 23:12:12 »

To be honest I don't know how they get away with the threatening tone of their letters!  >:(  If a bank or the council wrote letters in that style there would be abit of a hoo haa!!  ::)
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Re: A little TV legality question
« Reply #14 on: 14 November 2011, 23:20:49 »

To be honest I don't know how they get away with the threatening tone of their letters!  >:(  If a bank or the council wrote letters in that style there would be abit of a hoo haa!!  ::)

Yep, and it's totally counter-productive. Well, it is in my case, because, rather than politely explain their mistake, I went out to waste as much of their time as possible. >:(
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