tv licence for Internet!!

[ann_h]

Upon scrutinising the "rules" - I do not own a television set; I do not watch live TV but do occasionally use iplayer for catch-up radio and a few educational shows for the kids. So, no licence this year.( I have always bought a licence for the 18 of the last 22 years when I have had a tv.)
BUT technically, due to the wonders of broadband, I still "can" watch live tv via the bbc website - even though I don't. Is there any way of disabling just that part of a website or blocking live feeds? Haven't found it yet! Otherwise I can see an argument occurring when the Licence man comes to call....

So I could be considered liable to pay the licence fee - even if I never used radio or iplayer either - just because I need a home internet connection for work. This is really unfair.

(Remember the joke about the bloke getting a roomservice charge at a hotel - he said he hadn't used roomservice - the manager said, "Ah, but it was there if you wanted it". So the bloke counter-charged the hotel for sex with his wife....)

[RebelSouls]

Some people on here get annoyed at the smallest thing :)

[bazwillrun]

EDDIES51

you in charge of the site now ?

[deggers316]

yes this needs looking into its unfair on the guys who dont use the streaming tv paying £140.00+ a year for a licence,but would be impossible to know whos is and who isnt
how about catching all the chavs blasting out music from their cars windows full down you need a licence for that too most people don't know this but your broadcast to the public

[Old_Geezer]

High time they got rid of a special licence. Tech moves on and you get this sort of problem. And the authorities wastes resource tracking down non-payers and persecuting those who don't need one. If government feels there's value in a publicly funded TV station it should do so out of general taxation.

[jomifl]

If you have anything in your house capable of receiving broadcast TV whether you use it or not you are liable to buy a TV licence. If you watch recordings then you are in the clear

[cazzz1975]

you are watching a programme then you should pay a license fee, there is no grey area.

[bookbinder]

Leave EDDIE51 alone. He's a precise kind of person, and likes things to be just right. Nothing wrong with that.

[ann_h]

Eddie, some people on here do not look in every section every day. I for example only go to Arts/Food/Phrases with any regularity.
I chose to list it twice to get the best chance of a reply.
Hope that makes sense to you.
And thanks for your reply in the other section.

[ann_h]

UPDATE - TVLicensing were OK when I explained I had thrown out the TV cos my son wouldn't do his homework, and I invited them to visit and check.
Chap turned up unannounced a couple of weeks ago, and seemed surprised when I welcomed him in. He saw there was no TV or cable box etc, and son was on iplayer on my laptop at the time. I could have shown him the browsing history to prove no live-tv viewing. He seemed quite satisfied and I have had no other visits, letters or calls.
If you refuse to let them in etc, they will be suspicious, I think if you genuinely don't watch TV they are fine. Or maybe you have to be noticeably eccentric too lol.