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Originally Posted by danielf
I believe you need a licence to watch (or record) live television. You don't need a licence for catchup or prerecorded programmes.
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It really is that simple. Yet dealing with the tv licence guys isn't. If you tell them you only watch catchup services or use the tv for watching dvd's/playing a console, they won't believe you and they will do everything they can to fine you. You can write all the letters you want, they rarely get anywhere though.
So in the above case it is better to just not have any contact with them and close the door on them if they knock. They have no right of entry and you can even even withdraw their implied right of access, so they can't even step on to your pathway/doorstep etc.
If you have no tv or have one with the tuner removed/no channels tuned then you can invite them in to have a look and they will stop the hassling letters for 2 years, then start again after that.
If they can see your tv through the window or it flashing at night, you are likely to get a lot of hassle :P
Disclaimer: If any legal action taken against you for following my advice of just ignoring them, I am not liable or something like that 