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OT : TV licensing - must I compy?
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. -- Cheers, Harvey |
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