Sounding out for an internet licence fee

[RebelSouls]

http://www.dailymail....r-hints-minister.html

If the BBC get their way will it make you change the way you get your internet access ?

If the troll comes on this post please ignore, There is a rumour going round that he has rabies.

[Count-A-Strong]

This wouldn't have anything to do with the beeb having it's license fee reduced would it. I can get iplayer via my Wii / WiFi. Is this a loophole?

[ummmm]

For Gods sake...give it a rest would ya?

[Hymie]

I believe this has already happened in Denmark – where a surcharge is made on all who have internet access – to pay towards their equivalent of the BBC.

[bazwillrun]

ummmmm

if you dont like the posts why go to the bother of even opening and replying then ?

[Coobeastie]

This was a suggestion by the Culture Secretary not the BBC and in anycase and why should non licence fee payers be able to watch BBC output via the internet.

You seem quite concerned about the licence fee coming to internet & phones....is that how you get around not having a tv and not paying a licence?

[modeller]

. If you watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on any receiving apparatus you have to have a licence.
This includes computers , mobile phones, DVD recorders . However if you only watch the recordings themselves such as BBC IPLAYER then you don't. This is a crazy situation as who can prove you only watch the recording and never the original.
In theory if we all recorded our programmes and started watching the recording a couple a minutes later we wouldn't need a licence.
Which brings up the point what is the purpose of the licence ? If it's essential to finance the BBC then the above regulations need sorting out.

[New Judge]

Your answer is a little misleading, modeller. You say (as does the TV Licensing Agency’s website):

“If you watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on any receiving apparatus you have to have a licence.”

But you then go on to say “In theory if we all recorded our programmes and started watching the recording a couple a minutes later we wouldn't need a licence.”

Not so. From your first statement, if you record a programme as it is broadcast, you need a licence. However, if you only watch programmes using “catch up” services such as BBC’s iPlayer you do not need a licence. It was this anomaly that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was seeking to address in yesterday’s article in the Mail.

He specifically stated that he was not in favour of imposing a licence fee on anyone simply owning a computer or using the internet.

[bazwillrun]

"and why should non licence fee payers be able to watch BBC output via the internet"

and why should non BBC viewers have to pay a tax no matter what medium they use to watch other companies output ?

[LeMarchand]

Sounds fair enough, I reckon there's many more people who consume BBC product without a licence than there are people with a licence who never watch/listen/whatever to BBC content.

[Coobeastie]

I find it hard to believe that people have never watched any of the multitude of BBC channels, any programs commissioned by the bbc, any radio station produced by the BBC or used any BBC website all paid for by the licence.

[Gromit]

// We are not going to introduce a PC licence fee. That is something [about which] I do need to have discussions with the BBC to see what their ideas are. //

You are not very cosistant RebelSouls. On the one hand you have bleated over numerous posts that the BBC should follow SKY's pay per view method of funding, and then when pay per view is proposed for iPlayer content, you are throwing your dummy out again.

Why should anyone get to watch BBC programmes for Free if they do not have a licence? The BBC are not a charity.

[Zeuhl]

20 Questions posted since end of May

13 having a dig at the BBC

So, is enough being done for people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
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[RebelSouls]

Please ignore the rabid troll, the medication will calm him down

[RebelSouls]

Gromit i am all in favour of paying for what you watch. The parasites at the BBC wanted to have a media licence. These meetings are sounding out for what they can get in the future.

The parasites wanted all people that have a tv or computer to pay for a media licence never mind if you watch any tv or not.

If they encrypt the signal and sell packages like sky who knows i may even sign up for one of the packages.


Once again Please ignore the rabid troll he will get fed up long before i do :)

[RebelSouls]

It would have to be a very good package at the right price, could you ever see the parasites offering such a package :)

[Coobeastie]

Any package would undoubtedly be more expensive than what we are paying now which at only 12 quid a month is already cheap.

BT Vision starts at £15.00 plus £45 quid for the box (a one off payment) if you've already got BT broadband.

Sky I think starts at £19 a month but can get up to around £60 if you go for the full works and HD.

We're not the only country that has a tv licence either, around two thirds of the countries in Europe have a licence of one sort or another.

As an example Austria has ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk), the licence costs about £280.00 with the radio licence included. I'd bet a lot more people in the World have heard of the BBC though.

[LeMarchand]

***If they encrypt the signal and sell packages like sky who knows i may even sign up for one of the packages.***

You might, but a lot of people would just find ways around the encryption.

[bazwillrun]

Why the phuck should i pay to keep the BBC in business if i dont watch them, i dont care if they never make another programme, but i object to have to pay to keep them going in the lifstyle they've become accustomed to even if i only watch for instance the discovery channel or Nat Geo channel