TV Licence Super Thread

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terley said:
For those who think they don't have evidence..

They use bandwidth scanners on your house, they can see if it matches the output from the Iplayer service..

They gain solid undeniable evidence.

Just tell him to pay it.
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vpn problem solved ;)

Not had a TV license for years, never watch TV and the only programs I do watch are on Netflix or Amazon which I subscribe to. I see no reason in "paying" a TV tax when there is nothing worth watching and with the increased quantity and quality of digital/streamed content now, there really is little reason to have a BBC TV License.
 
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tres said:
You now need a tv license for TV Catchup
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Is this another recent change? When TVL was updated to cover Iplayer they were very specific that it only covered catchup programmes watched via Iplayer. Or is tv catchup live only thus covered by the existing law?
 
tres said:
You now need a tv license for TV Catchup
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Tom_ed1987 said:
Is this another recent change? When TVL was updated to cover Iplayer they were very specific that it only covered catchup programmes watched via Iplayer. Or is tv catchup live only thus covered by the existing law?
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Looks like tres is incorrect.....taken from

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-...s/watching-online-and-on-mobile-devices-TOP14

Do I need a TV Licence if I only ever watch on demand or catch up TV online?
It depends what you watch.
You don’t need a licence if you only ever watch on demand or catch up programmes on services other than BBC iPlayer (and you also never watch live TV programmes on any channel, including on iPlayer). You also don’t need a licence if you only ever watch S4C TV on demand or listen to radio on iPlayer.
But you will need a licence if you watch or record live TV programmes on any channel, or you download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand. This applies to any device and provider you use.
 
I've heard that students can use the TV license from home if they watch on a device that is not connected the mains power (ie on battery like a tablet or laptop)

Is this true?
 
Tom_ed1987 said:
Is this another recent change? When TVL was updated to cover Iplayer they were very specific that it only covered catchup programmes watched via Iplayer. Or is tv catchup live only thus covered by the existing law?
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tvcatchup is live, so you need a license nothings changed there.
 
Disco_P said:
I've heard that students can use the TV license from home if they watch on a device that is not connected the mains power (ie on battery like a tablet or laptop)

Is this true?
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yes

Are students covered by a halls’ or parents’ licence?

A halls’ licence doesn’t cover students in their rooms. They won’t be covered by their parents’ licence either, unless they only ever use devices that are powered solely by their own internal batteries, and aren’t plugged into an aerial or the mains.
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terley said:
Most of you work in IT?

I'm sure some of you do, and most of those who do don't work in networking.. Look at my previous post.
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while what your saying might be possible, why would they go to all that effort when they can just monitor which ip addresses access bbc iplayer, resolve which ISP has that ip address and then trace the ip to the address. The only instance this wouldn't work is with a VPN.

EDIT: i've just realised this thread is 3 pages long........
 
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Glaucus said:
yes

Are students covered by a halls’ or parents’ licence?

A halls’ licence doesn’t cover students in their rooms. They won’t be covered by their parents’ licence either, unless they only ever use devices that are powered solely by their own internal batteries, and aren’t plugged into an aerial or the mains.
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student halls licenses are stupid, i used to live in a house with 10 bedrooms all classed as separate flats. We had one tv in the house with an aerial and we bought a tv license, the ****ers wanted us to buy a tv license for every single room in the house (we all had tv's for xbox/ps4)

How does that work, we all have one address but because the rooms are classed as "flats" (which they weren't they were literally a room with a bed, and then shared showers/kitchen/living area)
 
Leprechaun312 said:
while what your saying might be possible, why would they go to all that effort when they can just monitor which ip addresses access bbc iplayer, resolve which ISP has that ip address and then trace the ip to the address.
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That wouldn't work as it only narrows it down to the router, it doesn't prove beyond reasonable doubt who did it.
 
Maundie said:
Exactly, love these threads as all the internet solicitors climb out of their caves.
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Is that what they are calling people who have woken up from the bull**** of modern slavery that we call society these days?
So because some one has realised they are actualy born free on this planet and don't have to do what these so called "authorities" say, they are labeled for it?
 
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