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Originally Posted by Escapee
I am not the one looking for loopholes, you now appear to be agreeing with what I have been saying and said in my previous post.
A TV licence is not required to view transmissions that are not being broadcasted live, such examples are DVDs, iplayer and any other non-live video content streamed off the internet. (I recall reading somewhere I think on their own website that TVL regard live as up to and including 'something like' 15 mins broadcast delay)
Therefore one could conclude that if I do not watch live TV and have no means of receiving it I do not need a TVL. The problem is that it's not that easy because a PC and mobile phone is also capable of receiving live TV.
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Just to clarify
You said it was misleading ,i do not see any ambiguity at all .If you own or use any device capable of receiving live transmissions you need a licence ,yes even a phone or pc that has that capability.We differ in that you see the non inclusion of the phrase "live transmission" in the wording of the act as misleading.It's not included because it is not needed, as transmissions are always live ,you must receive it live in order to record it.