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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Steven Côté wrote:
That's not true. According to the current rules, you need a TV license basically if you have a tuner in your house. This includes TV cards for PC's but does not include people with broadband that download all their programming.<<citation required>> http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/ "You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder." Since iPlayer isn't live, it does not fall under this category.
iPlayer in whatever format (get_iplayer, bbc iplayer on the web, etc) is capable of streaming LIVE tv. That's TV as it happens, live, in real-time.
Don't belive me? Click here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stmbut only if you have TV license as 5 seconds after that link (and the flash player) has loaded you're watching live TV, and need a license.
Gordon
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