Only if the broadcasts he is watching on the internet are live.
TV licence people.
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Only if the broadcasts he is watching on the internet are live.
I just phoned and they changed their records and that was that.
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My latest threatening letter from the TV licensing people has come with a pre-paid return envelope and a form which makes it easy for me to send them a cheque.
So what do I use it for? So have I have:
-Send poo (DNA evidence).
-Send them a cheque for £0.00 (What would my bank do?).
And before anyone calls me a ****ing ****ing ****, I don't have a TV.
You have a computer, that alone counts towards the equipment required to receive TV, so im afraid its cough up or pay the price.
They may well still send you letters though (before the normal three year period) as their database is utterly useless.
When I rang them up then went into a long insulting rant about how I would be in big trouble if they found I did have a TV. "Are you calling me a liar?"
You do not need to have a licence to own equipment capable of recieving live tv
I did that a year ago and haven't been contacted since. People make WAY too much fuss about TV licensing in my opinion.
I hope you're being sarcastic...
You also need one if you have a microwave or a guitar.
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Nope, taken directly off the TV Licencing web site.
You own a computer, a computer is capable of receiving live TV and recording it, so you have to pay the licence like everyone else.
The only way you will get around it is to prove that your computer is not able to receive to TV, ie doesnt have the hardware, that may require a visit from the TV people.
Thats BS
Since when do people have to prove they're innocent?
I think you'll find that THEY have to prove that he DOES have the hardware to receive live TV. Which they cannot do without entering his house, which they cannot do without either his permission or a warrant from a magistrate, which they cannot get without sufficient evidence that the law is being broken.
Please just take 3 minutes to read the TV License websites before making assumptions about what it's for. It's really simple yet every month this thread comes round and people say/ask the same same stuff about BBC, owning vs viewing, iPlayer etc.
The License is for watching (or recording) material as it's broadcast (that includes using an RF receiver through an antenna, a Sky dish, an Internet connection, a mobile phone etc.). Owning a TV has nothing to do with it, BBC vs ITV vs Sky has nothing to do with it, radio has nothing to do with it, iPlayer has nothing to do with it...
Internet has nothing to do with it either unless you're watching live TV on it...
EDIT: unless you mean that as in addition to 'using an RF receiver'...
Buddy, I'm going to have to come over and open up your computer to ensure that you don't have a handgun hidden inside. Thursday okay?
Mostly true.
Also mostly true.
You need a license at your premises (home, student flat, workplace) if:
- You watch any live TV by any means (broadcast, streamed, whatever.).
- You record live TV by any means (DVR, VCR, DVD).
- You never watch TV.
- You only watch TV using an on-demand service (iPlayer, 4oD etc.) after the show was originally broadcast (i.e. not live).
- You listen to the audio from live TV, but don't have equipment capable of viewing or recording the picture (e.g. set-top-box connected to a hi-fi).
- You only listen to radio.
- Your TV (or laptop) is battery powered at the time you watch/record, and you have a license at another premises. Plug it in to charge and you need a license - silly, but that's the law.
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If you watch live TV on the Internet, like BBC News 24 or the Formula 1, then you need a license.
Can you actually do that through legitimate sources? (pardon my ignorance).
yes. on the bbc wesbite.