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Posted October 13, 2011
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hedwards: Because you're receiving it whether you use a TV or not. It would be ridiculous to suggest that you're receiving it because you're being hit with the waves all the time, but if you're receiving the broadcast it can be online, via TV or some other method.
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SirPrimalform: You're not necessarily receiving it at all. Believe it or not, there are some people who don't watch TV (not even on their computer).

You have pointed out a problem that they don't seem to have worked out yet, I don't think you need a TV licence to view the iPlayer. I imagine they're thinking of ways to implement that right now though.
It doesn't really affect me directly, I just think it's sort of an odd way of doing it. I get taxes for things that everybody uses like NHS, but I think that the American system of just paying for TV if you use it or watching commercials makes a whole lot more sense.
Posted October 13, 2011
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SirPrimalform: You're not necessarily receiving it at all. Believe it or not, there are some people who don't watch TV (not even on their computer).

You have pointed out a problem that they don't seem to have worked out yet, I don't think you need a TV licence to view the iPlayer. I imagine they're thinking of ways to implement that right now though.
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hedwards: It doesn't really affect me directly, I just think it's sort of an odd way of doing it. I get taxes for things that everybody uses like NHS, but I think that the American system of just paying for TV if you use it or watching commercials makes a whole lot more sense.
But it is just paying for TV if you use it.... that's exactly what it is. It's just called a TV licence because they thought the name up in the 1920s. It is pretty much literally a subscription fee for the BBC, which you only pay if you watch broadcast TV. You don't have to pay it if you just watch DVDs or play games consoles.
Post edited October 13, 2011 by SirPrimalform
Posted October 14, 2011
Never imagined this thread would go in so many interesting directions :)
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