[dundee] TV Licensing

[Sean McRobbie]

It's clever scare tactics that scam money out of a lot of people who do not watch Live TV.

The beeb themselves claim iPlayer on demand content is fine.

Even if you have a TV, you only need a licence if using it to watch Live TV too. I called up to confirm I only use my TV for consoles and DVDs etc, they said that's fine we'll take you off our list - never heard a peep since.

It seems as though they have very limited powers anyway - for example they cannot enter your premises without your permission or search warrant. Do not be tricked into purchasing something you are not legally bound to.

Regards,
Sean McRobbie

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Le Cuirot" <chewi at aura-online.co.uk>
To: dundee at lists.lug.org.uk
Sent: Wednesday, 18 November, 2009 3:59:37 PM
Subject: Re: [dundee] TV Licensing

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:49:08 +0100
Axel <newsletter at axelbor.de> wrote:
> 
> today I received a letter, that I'm under investigation for the TV
> license.
> 
> I'm not sure if is necessary to buy one.
> 
> Sometimes I use the bbc iplayer to improve my English. In my room is  
> only my notebook connect to the Internet. No special hardware to  
> capture TV or other device witch can be use for watching TV.
> 
> Here is the important paragraph from the letter:
> What you need to know is that if you watch TV programmes as they are  
> being shown, you need to covered by a TV License. (Ok, after this  
> sentence I think the license is necessary)
> ...
> When you're plugged in streaming live TV, your parents license won't  
> cover you, and neither will your hall's. ( No, BBC iplayer is not
> live streaming, is it streaming on demand)
> 
> A Guy from my class tell me it's necessary to buy on. What is your
> opinion?
> 
> It's a lot of money for my, but I don't like to get any trouble
> which the UK government.

I don't believe you need one. If you're only using iPlayer then, as it
says, you don't need it for that because it's not live. You were
probably sent this because they send out a lot of false positives. They
use a scanner from outside and it may well be a neighbour's TV that
they are picking up.

James

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