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Originally Posted by martyh
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.
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Yes It is misleading the act should be clearer and sate the word 'live transmission'. The TVL site does use those words. In fact a transmission can be nothing other than live, and a video signal from a DVD player is a live transmission through a cable.
From TVL
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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.
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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.
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and this
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With today’s technology, you can watch TV on more devices than ever, whenever it suits you best. This means a TV Licence doesn’t just cover you to watch TV at home on a TV set. You can also watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV, through all of these devices:
Computers, including laptops and tablets
Mobile phones
Games consoles
Digital boxes, e.g. Freeview, Sky, Virgin, BT Vision
DVD/VHS/Blu-ray recorders.
As long as the address where you live is licensed, you’re also covered to watch TV outside your home using any device powered solely by its own internal batteries. This includes your mobile phone, laptop and tablet.
Exception: If you only watch catch-up services online, then you don’t need a licence. For example, you don’t need one to use BBC iPlayer, or ITV player, to catch up on programmes after they have been shown on TV
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They also say this. (No mention of live broadcast but surely what they mean, but again they like to leave things unclear)
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Part 4 of the Communications Act 2003 makes it an offence to install or use a television receiver to watch or record any television programmes as they're being shown on television without a valid TV Licence. The Act empowers the BBC to make and amend the terms and conditions of a licence. It allows the government to make regulations to exempt or reduce the licence fee for certain persons in certain circumstances. It also makes it an offence for anyone to have any television receiver in their possession or under their control who intends to install or use it in contravention of the main offence (above), or knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that another person intends to install or use a television receiver in contravention of the main offence.
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The issue I have with the many statements that can be found is one of deliberate confusion, yes read the parts you want and the answer is there but they have been deliberate in not stating it in one concise paragraph.