TV licence

Peter Diffey said:
I was in my student house when the TV license man actually came round to check out if there is any TV's in the house.
My stupid friend let the guy in and study his TV, luckily his TV was not tuned to any channels and had no aerial (was used for wii only).
The man then threatened to fine him 300 if he didnt remove the TV or buy a license.

So the TV man does exist, he had grey hair!
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They exist alright - but i'm not so convinced whether they can detect you receiving a TV signal or not.
 
so i'm sure it's been said before but why has this not been challenged in court and overturned? you would think it's our right to get the free tv and bbc's right to stop there signal coming down unless we have paid for it.
 
mattyfez said:
Oh really, so people who dont drive should also pay road tax then?

Watching TV is not compulsory you know.:D
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I barely watch TV so trust me I know. I would like to point out that road tax more than covers the cost of roads, just as fuel tax reduces other taxes - perhaps drivers should get an income tax reduction to reflect this?

Yes that idea is daft, as is the idea of a tiny percentage of the population who don't have a TV not paying for it. Frankly I'd scrap the BBC tomorrow if I had the choice but some people like it.
 
_Jimlad_ said:
so i'm sure it's been said before but why has this not been challenged in court and overturned? you would think it's our right to get the free tv and bbc's right to stop there signal coming down unless we have paid for it.
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It has been challenged in court - they failed. There was a case a few years ago.
 
sorry to "resurrect" this thread but it seemed more fitting than making a new one:

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Dead German poet gets TV demands
Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller is one of Germany's favourite poets

The celebrated German poet Friedrich Schiller, dead for more than 200 years, has been sent reminders that he should pay his TV and radio licence fee.

The German fee collection agency, GEZ, mistakenly sent letters to "Mr Friedrich Schiller" - which arrived at a primary school bearing his name.

The author of Ode to Joy had been registered with GEZ as a householder.

With the annual fee of about 200 euros (£157) unpaid since 1805 Schiller would owe more than 40,000 euros.

The reminders came to the Friedrich Schiller Primary School in the eastern town of Weigsdorf-Koeblitz.

GEZ issued an apology, admitting its mistake.

"We have to deal with such a huge amount of data, that something like this can happen, and the name Friedrich Schiller is not so unusual that it stood out as strange," a GEZ spokeswoman said.

The reminders came despite the fact that the headteacher had written to GEZ stating that "the addressee is no longer in a position to listen to the radio or watch television".

Schiller is one of Germany's best-known poets and playwrights. His dramas The Robbers and William Tell are among the German classics.

His Ode to Joy was set to music by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7648021.stm
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Looks like the Germans have similar problems like us(if not worse).
 
D.M said:
Also IIRC the license states that you cant watch TV broadcasts as they are aired, so basically pre-recorded stuff should be ok, but check it out just to be sure.
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What would the rules be if ALL the TV you watched was delayed by an hour (ie. Sky+ or set top box)? :p
 
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