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formula_86 · 08-11-2010, 22:50

I know this may have been discussed in similar ways, and please forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong section, but:

I understand the TV licensing laws of needing a licence for watching online live streams, but how it is properly enforced is another thing altogether.

I know if in an extreme case they wanted to find out, they could ask your ISP, but other than that, surely their so called "detector vans" with magic detection equipment can't detect what you are doing on your PC can they?

I read somewhere that if you have a Wi-Fi network, even if it is passworded, the TVL people, they'll bring laptops with them and use packet sniffing software for hacking into your network to check if your are watching live streams illeagally.

08-11-2010, 22:50	#1
formula_86 Inactive Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: North Lincolnshire, UK Services: Virgin Media V+ Posts: 26	TV licence for watching online live streams I know this may have been discussed in similar ways, and please forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong section, but: I understand the TV licensing laws of needing a licence for watching online live streams, but how it is properly enforced is another thing altogether. I know if in an extreme case they wanted to find out, they could ask your ISP, but other than that, surely their so called "detector vans" with magic detection equipment can't detect what you are doing on your PC can they? I read somewhere that if you have a Wi-Fi network, even if it is passworded, the TVL people, they'll bring laptops with them and use packet sniffing software for hacking into your network to check if your are watching live streams illeagally.