Paying for TV License

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I bought a new tv and had a post about paying for a tv license, so was wondering how many people now have decided to hold off on it now?

Looking over the net, there seem to be a lot going on about it being ilegal for them to charge for the tv license in the first place.

Thoughts please...

In refernce to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI25JB4CCao
 
If you watch live television, then you need a tv license. if you don't, then you don't. There's no need to debate it yet again, its a dead horse that's been flogged all too often.

Personally, I don't own a tv, thus don't need a license.. And I am perfectly able to function without it.
 
I got to around 2 minutes in and gave up on him.

It isn't illegal, it is a state sponsored monopoly through forced taxation.

Yes, I ate Dolph quite some time ago.

Anyway, the BBC is a crock of ****. People balk at the likes of RT and then hold the BBC up as some sort of bastion of impartiality and morality.

BS.
 
Ceryndrion said:
If you watch live television, then you need a tv license. if you don't, then you don't. There's no need to debate it yet again, its a dead horse that's been flogged all too often.

Personally, I don't own a tv, thus don't need a license.. And I am perfectly able to function without it.
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/thread.

Can be closed now.
 
A TV license cost £145 a year - if you have a TV or use other BBC media then stop being a cheap skate and pay it.
 
If you don't want to pay it, don't. Just make sure you don't let a TV license person in and you will be fine.
They cannot force entry, have no evidence so cannot get lawful backing for a warrant.
 
Saw this on Youtube the other week apart from a nub tainting it by talking about David icke it's rather interesting.

The end is rather hilarious when the licencing chap tries to read them their rights :D

 
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The problem they are raising is "conviction" by computer essentially, it isn't unique to the BBC the DVLA do it as do a plethora of other public bodies.

By the time real caveats are found, there are already conviction reference numbers and 'debts' and so on.

It happens for a reason, but can have comic repercussions with those who shouldn't have been targetted.

Summary warrants aren't very fair at all, but council's in the main maintain that they require their use for debt collection efficiency. For example.
 
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If you had nothing to hide then why go through all the hassle of arguing for 20mins, plus all the time wasted when they come back.
 
I'm a student and i pay for the license - even though I don't own a television.

The main reason is, is that the BBC provide a 'decent' service with iPlayer - don't really see the issue with forking out extra.
 
Wow, them two guys are awesome. I would never backchat to the police though. Thats just me, Naive i know.

Although, dont you need permission to broadcast someone else online? :p

Obviously have a growroom to argue for 20 minutes.
 
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UncleRuckus said:
Because they have no right to enter their property.
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Well in that case they should, why should some cheapo get away with receiving a service everyone else has to pay for? If that means a small minority of people have to show the TV guys around their house then so be it imo.

In b4 'police state yo'.
 
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