On 22 Dec 2004, Kalico wrote

For about the past year or so I have been receiving increasingly
threatening letters from the TV licensing people about the fact I
do not have a license.

I'm not too fussed about buying one since I do not use the TV for
anything other than watching the occasional video. Indeed, there
is no TV in the main living room and no aerial lead on the TV that
is upstairs.


You need a licence if you "install *or* use" (my emphasis) equipment
which can receive broadcast programme services. That includes not only
the tuner inside your telly, but also the tuner inside your video; it
would also include a PC card, which is another "tuner".

In other words, if you've *installed* a TV -- or a video machine -- you
need a licence for it. The only exception I've heard of is if you can
demonstratae that its capability for receiving programmes has been
disabled (and probably permanently disabled, by removing the tuner
and turning it into a monitor).

Basically, you need a licence for having the machines in your house --
regardless of whether or not you use them to watch broadcasts.

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Cheers,
Harvey