Thread: 'Austerity' at the BBC
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Old 28-12-2012, 21:09   #110
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Re: 'Austerity' at the BBC
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
The TV licence permits use of equipment to receive live TV, not ownership of that equipment. It doesnt matter how many TVs, Freesat boxes or VHS machines you own, if you don't use them to receive live TV, you don't need a licence. No need to rip any tuners out of anything.
Very clear and precise and not at all "muddy".

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It is in TVL's interest to muddy the waters...
See above comment

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because they are an agent that gets commission on licence sales so they want every household to have one, whether it's needed or not.
Then those type of people need to be found and sacked.

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Also, to be fair to them (not that they deserve it), almost every household in the UK does watch live telly, so a significant proportion of the unlicensed addresses in the country almost certainly *do* need a licence and the door-to-door enforcers salesmen agents have met every chav and scutter and heard all their lame excuses.
Another well-put point.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J View Post
So telling the TVL that you don't need a licence would put a stop to the threatening letters and the enforcement officers knocking at the door? Nah...
Yes.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Add to that the fact that many - probably most - people who say they don't need one are lying, and the mail-bomb/doorstep strategy isn't so unreasonable. Highly annoying for all those honest people who don't watch any live TV at all and so don't need a licence, but hey, what can you do with all the lying chavs who say they don't need one when they do. They're ruining it for everyone else.
Also well-put.

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
BTW We're not chavs, just don't subscribe to the conventional model.
The what-now?

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
Yep, they rely upon the perceived threats. In reality they really can't do much if you keep to a simple rule set.
Yes. It is easy. Just co-operate
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