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Re: [LUG] get_iplayer

 

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Grant Sewell wrote:
> "Watching TV on the internet - You need to be covered by a licence if
> you watch TV online at the same time as it's being broadcast on
> conventional TV in the UK or the Channel Islands."

Heh, I'm pretty sure that when I told them we didn't have a TV, they
said I didn't need a license. Not sure if I've ever watched live (UK)
TV through the internet though. (I know someone who owns a TV but only
watches foreign channels, streamed through his ADSL line, on it. He
asked and they told him he doesn't need a license.)

Not that I don't think it'd be fair if I had to pay for a license.
After all, I do browse the BBC website regularly and download their
podcasts, which I presume are at least partly paid for by license
money. But I'll leave that for the government to realise.

I think the fact that you get a cheaper rate if you only have a black
and white TV shows that the system is pretty outdated.

Martijn.

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