TV Licence “Unenforceable”?

[Mythica]

Originally Posted by pip08456

The BBC does a marvelous job of protecting children from those who wish to pray on them. Jimmy Saville et al.

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No,you don't need a license for any equipment or installing it.

I have a 32" TV as a monitor, I don't watch TV on it.

I didn't say you did. I said to watch, I didn't think I'd need to clarify what was being watched on such a forum considering its been done to death.

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss

Rubbish

You can install TV equipment to watch on demand through a service just not iplayer and you can not watch live tv


Now here is another crux . You can have sky and never watch or record live TV only ever on demand but if you are silly enough to let the Capita "Enforcement" officers in they will want to access your TV and the very fact your Sky puck or whatever can receive Live TV they assume you actually watch it and will prosecute you . Just having it does not mean you watch. Any PC Laptop Tablet or phone can access live tv but does it mean it use it too? It is a joke. They never getting in my house without a warrant a police officer and a signed document from a judge . An ink signature too

It's not rubbish in the slightest. It's I just didn't clarify on such a forum that I meant 'live' tv considering its been done to death already.

You'll find it's a breach of contract to have Sky TV with no TV licence.

The reply was to someone saying TV licence evasion isn't a criminal offence, which I disagree with.

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by Mythica

I didn't say you did. I said to watch, I didn't think I'd need to clarify what was being watched on such a forum considering its been done to death.

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It's not rubbish in the slightest. It's I just didn't clarify on such a forum that I meant 'live' tv considering its been done to death already.

You'll find it's a breach of contract to have Sky TV with no TV licence.

The reply was to someone saying TV licence evasion isn't a criminal offence, which I disagree with.

There is no offence of installing TV equipment no matter what its used for. The offence is not having a license if you wiish to watch live TV.

Originally Posted by Mythica

You'll find it's a breach of contract to have Sky TV with no TV licence.

Unlike the business of using TV receiving equipment without a licence, which as we know is a criminal matter, breach of contract is a civil issue between Sky and the customer, and one that is vanishingly unlikely to be discovered, much less acted on.

[Mythica]

Originally Posted by pip08456

There is no offence of installing TV equipment no matter what its used for. The offence is not having a license if you wiish to watch live TV.

Yes there is.

"363Licence required for use of TV receiver

(1)A television receiver must not be installed or used unless the installation and use of the receiver is authorised by a licence under this Part.

(2)A person who installs or uses a television receiver in contravention of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

(3)A person with a television receiver in his possession or under his control who—

(a)intends to install or use it in contravention of subsection (1), or

(b)knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that another person intends to install or use it in contravention of that subsection,

is guilty of an offence."

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/part/4

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Originally Posted by Chris

Unlike the business of using TV receiving equipment without a licence, which as we know is a criminal matter, breach of contract is a civil issue between Sky and the customer, and one that is vanishingly unlikely to be discovered, much less acted on.

But some people don't know that as can be seen on this post and was the point of my post, yet everyone jumped on me.

That wasn't my point. I was simply stating you would be in breach of contract for having Sky TV as per the example.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Mythica

Yes there is.

"363Licence required for use of TV receiver

(1)A television receiver must not be installed or used unless the installation and use of the receiver is authorised by a licence under this Part.

(2)A person who installs or uses a television receiver in contravention of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

(3)A person with a television receiver in his possession or under his control who—

(a)intends to install or use it in contravention of subsection (1), or

(b)knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that another person intends to install or use it in contravention of that subsection,

is guilty of an offence."

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/part/4

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But some people don't know that as can be seen on this post and was the point of my post, yet everyone jumped on me.

That wasn't my point. I was simply stating you would be in breach of contract for having Sky TV as per the example.

Because it is not a criminal offense to breach a contract with Sky so my post about sky and the TVL is correct.

[Mythica]

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

Because it is not a criminal offense to breach a contract with Sky so my post about sky and the TVL is correct.

I never said your post was incorrect nor did I say it was a criminal offence to breach a contract. I was simply adding to your post about it breaching the contract.

Good grief.

From the TVL site ;

You are breaking the law if you:

watch TV channels, like BBC, ITV, Channel 4, U&Dave and international channels
watch TV on pay TV services, like Sky, Virgin Media and EE TV
watch live TV on streaming services, like YouTube and Amazon Prime Video
use BBC iPlayer*

This includes recording and downloading. On any device.

*A licence is not needed to watch S4C programmes on demand.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-...penalties-top5

[Sirius]

Ok some one explain why this is a thing. I have to have a licence because i like to watch live Rugby league on Sky sports. The BBC has had no involvement in the production or broadcasting of that content and yet the BBC are earning money from it via the TV tax, SO WHY

The BBC is just a leach and now some want the streaming services to pay a tax to the BBC so they can continue to leach off even more providers.


https://youtu.be/fQmSSbBIWes?t=540 is an interesting section to listen too from the Black Belt Lawyer.

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Ok some one explain why this is a thing. I have to have a licence because i like to watch live Rugby league on Sky sports. The BBC has had no involvement in the production or broadcasting of that content and yet the BBC are earning money from it via the TV tax, SO WHY

The BBC is just a leach and now some want the streaming services to pay a tax to the BBC so they can continue to leach off even more providers.


https://youtu.be/fQmSSbBIWes?t=540 is an interesting section to listen too from the Black Belt Lawyer.

Because it's a government system to promote broadcasting they prefer. There is no logic to it but that.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Ok some one explain why this is a thing. I have to have a licence because i like to watch live Rugby league on Sky sports. The BBC has had no involvement in the production or broadcasting of that content and yet the BBC are earning money from it via the TV tax, SO WHY

It's a public service broadcaster. The same reason you pay taxes for all public services even though you might not personally use them all. Others subsidise you for the ones you use, and they don’t.

[Itshim]

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[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mr K

There must have been 156 different versions of this thread whilst I've been on CF !

The BBC is continuing and needed. Even the last inept Govt agreed on that. Just a matter of how to fund it. The licence fee might be not be the fairest way any longer.

Advertising and subscription are non starters, it would lose all the things that make it essential and unique as a public service broadcaster ( and take it downmarket like the hundreds of other channels repeating crap and producing nothing new/unique). Making programmes that only attract advertisers is a downward spiral.

We'll pay one way or another just like we do for everything else. Some might pay more, others less , if that's done fairly then its an improvement on the licence fee. General taxation, and/or taxing the extra streaming services. You don't get something for nothing.

(And those that say they never use any BBC services:- tv channels, national radio, local radio, news, weather, apps, iplayer , website - I don't believe you !)

The BBC is not needed by everybody, that is the point. You may need it, and you can pay for it but leave those who don’t watch it out of the bubble.

I agree that advertising is not the appropriate option for BBC TV but a voluntary subscription is perfectly acceptable. It would ensure that the Beeb paid more attention to what people actually want from them, such as less wokery.

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Originally Posted by Mr K

It's a public service broadcaster. The same reason you pay taxes for all public services even though you might not personally use them all. Others subsidise you for the ones you use, and they don’t.

It’s not an essential service like education or defence, Mr K, so that is not a strong argument at all.

ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are also public service broadcasters, but we don’t even pay for them.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

The BBC is not needed by everybody, that is the point. You may need it, and you can pay for it but leave those who don’t watch it out of the bubble.

I agree that advertising is not the appropriate option for BBC TV but a voluntary subscription is perfectly acceptable. It would ensure that the Beeb paid more attention to what people actually want from them, such as less wokery.

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It’s not an essential service like education or defence, Mr K, so that is not a strong argument at all.

ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are also public service broadcasters, but we don’t even pay for them.

News, weather, local radio are essential in times of emergency. Commercial channels won't provide anything that doesnt make a profit. They also won't make any high quality niche programmes, or take risks with new content, for the same reason.

100s channels of the same repeated crap, or a few channels of quality programming no one else will do. Be careful what you wish for.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Mr K

News, weather, local radio are essential in times of emergency. Commercial channels won't provide anything that doesnt make a profit. They also won't make any high quality niche programmes, or take risks with new content, for the same reason.

100s channels of the same repeated crap, or a few channels of quality programming no one else will do. Be careful what you wish for.

In times of emergency, the government can commandeer broadcasting resources.

Btw, this "repeated crap" isn't all crap. The Sci-Fi channel, for example.
Lots of repeats are excellent and go round and round - such as Dad's Army, Sharpe, 'Allo, 'Allo. In any case, those "repeated crap" channels don't need a TV licence.

Something needs to be done about the BBC (and its arrogance) if the licence fee is to be retained.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Paul

Good grief.

From the TVL site ;



https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-...penalties-top5

But then also from the TVL Site

On demand films or TV shows that you watch, rent or buy online from providers like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sky, EE TV, Sky, Apple TV+, Disney+ or Now

With a TV Licence, you can watch all of the above on any device.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-...t-a-tv-licence