Phil M0OFXAwww they ran out of red angry letters and went back to the green ones. #TVLicenceFee #tvlicenceletter #tvlicense
Thing is, now they've stopped being quite so arsey, I'm thinking about buying one so I can watch iPlayer again. Maybe.
N3VEM@philpem wait - is that a real letter? You have to have a license to watch TV? Like over the air TV, or is this some kind of cable/satellite service thing?
@N3VEM yep absolutely 100% legit. Any type of live TV (internet, terrestrial, cable or satellite) or BBC iPlayer.
It explicitly doesn't cover DVDs/video discs and tapes.
It explicitly doesn't cover DVDs/video discs and tapes.
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JamesB
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things@[email protected] @Extelec @philpem @N3VEM
Yep, it was a 'receiving' license for any radio or TV broadcast, originally iirc, but I think radio was excused it eventually.
Yep, it was a 'receiving' license for any radio or TV broadcast, originally iirc, but I think radio was excused it eventually.
Henning Paul DC4HP
TA4KHR@philpem a) You're not supposed to let them in.
b) tell them you do SSTV instead to confuse them.
@M0KHR a) I don't. But you have no choice if they get a search warrant.
b) They'll probably take that as an admission and use it to get a warrant. Better to politely ask them to leave then escort them to the boundary line.
b) They'll probably take that as an admission and use it to get a warrant. Better to politely ask them to leave then escort them to the boundary line.
Ozzelot 
@philpem Do they actually go into your home to make sure you’re not watching TV?
@ozzelot They stand outside and peer in the windows like a bunch of perverts, and sometimes knock on the door. If they really convince themselves that you must be watching TV, they sometimes get a search warrant and show up with the police.
That's a fun one because while the search warrant is for the TVL, anything the police see that they don't like - they can file as evidence for other crimes.
Sort of "You weren't guilty of TV licence evasion but you were of littering"
That's a fun one because while the search warrant is for the TVL, anything the police see that they don't like - they can file as evidence for other crimes.
Sort of "You weren't guilty of TV licence evasion but you were of littering"
@philpem I had these letters for 16 years. Finally gave up in 2017, and M7BNU bought herself a TV license to watch Doctor Who.
@M0KHR I'm leaning that way myself (getting one to watch Dr Who). It might break my Youtube doomwatching addiction.
Sonikku@philpem
LOL are they coming with that again?
LOL are they coming with that again?
Terrence the Fox@philpem The "code" gives my OCD issues.
@terrencefoxfur It's properly tweaking me too. Whomever picked it is a cruel sod.