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Re: [LUG] TV Licensing

 

Steph Foster wrote:
> The wording in the Wireless Telegraphy Act says you need a licence to 
> "receive television broadcasts"
>
> A tv card in your PC which picks up tv from an aerial is receiving 
> broadcasts
>
> Watching streaming media is not a broadcast as it is a point to point 
> transmission of digital data
Interesting... I look forward to the first test case in court of that 
distinction.  By rights your logic would hold sway :)

Kind regards,

Julian

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