Myno 🐀fun fact: the uk tv license rules say im allowed to watch TV on my laptop when im at uni, but ONLY IF said laptop is not currently plugged into the wall
daisychaining 3 battery packs together so i can bingewatch taskmaster without having to stop to use the wall outlet
Lyrenhex@mynotaurus Oop, careful! The battery packs aren't the laptop's "own internal battery" ;)
(but yeah, it's comically silly)
This actually sent me down a rabbit hole of whether TV Licensing is correct to use that wording - it looks like their wording is pretty explicitly copying that of the law, tbf:
"A license [...] for the use anywhere of any television receiver powered solely by its own internal batteries by the licensee or by a person normally living with the licensee at the specified location." (The Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004, Schedule 1)
Weird.
Eleanor LNR Blair@lyrenhex ah, I was wondering if it was similar to the idea of taking your portable TV away with you in your caravan from years back, and it sounds like it might be essentially the same bit of law under the hood!