[Gloucs] Is there a lawyer in the house ?

[Andrew Oakley]

Alan Pope wrote:
> "The law requires everyone, including students, to be covered by a licence if 
> they use any device to receive television programmes as they're being shown 

The key bit is "as they're being shown" - ie. live. You need a TV 
licence for your PC only if your PC has a TV tuner that is capable of 
receiving BBC home channels live (BBC1, 2 etc - not BBC World, BBC Prime).

-- 
Andrew Oakley