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

Surely that cannot be the case. What if it was never turned on? I
cannot think you would need a license for just possessing a TV or
video.

Think a reasonable question would be 'why would you have a TV in a room in
your house if you *never* used it?'

I think in the end the individual magistrate will decide whether you
genuinely *never* watch off air progs, and only videos. And the presence
of an aerial or not doesn't mean much - an indoor type could just be
unplugged and put away.

The chances of someone owning a TV and *never* watching off air are remote.

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