Thread: Scrap TV license fees?
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:13   #55
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Re: Scrap TV license fees?
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Originally Posted by Bill C
Sky News are reporting that it looks like we are going to have to pay the BBC TAX for another 10 years . Only in this country can you be forced by law to pay for a product that you dont use or want .
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. The licence fee could be viewed as a tax. People will argue that nobody is forced to buy a TV, but then that really isn't the issue. If I buy a car, I only have to pay road tax if it's used the road; if I buy a TV I have to buy a licence regardless of whether I "use" the BBC.

I recall hearing two bits of info that may just be urban myth. One is that if you buy a TV that is de-tuned so that it cannot receive BBC channels, you don't need a licence? The other concerns someone who was taken to court for not having a licence but managed to prove (no idea how) that he only used the TV to watch pre-recorded videos. Perhaps someone could confirm/denounce/clarify these two points?
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