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Silas (son of Silas):
The TV license is £145 paid annually. Just about every address in the UK is in their database and whether a current license has been purchased for that address. The addresses that do not have a license get visited to check to see if they are capable of receiving a TV signal. If so you get fined.
In my case I have 4 TVs, 2 of which are connected to XBMCs that play media from a server. I removed the TV aerial from my roof and removed all traces of portable TV aerials. Every year the 'gorillas' turn up and check my house for some evidence that I am watching TV. They even check if you are using a XBMC plugin that streams TV. if you are they've got you.
Because I use the BBC iPlayer to watch BBC TV after it has aired I even had to modify the plugin to disable the Live TV functionality.
For more info on the UK TV License see: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/
Silas (son of Silas):
I didn't mention, the fine if you fail to comply is £1000
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Silas (son of Silas) on April 24, 2010, 04:55:47 pm ---I didn't mention, the fine if you fail to comply is £1000
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shmokes:
I don't really see the big deal. We charge money for hunting, fishing, driving licenses. It makes it so that the state services that support these activities are paid for by people who use them. If you don't fish, you don't have to subsidize the activities of the people who do. If you don't drive, you don't have to help pay for the bureaucratic system of licensing and so on.
We are taxed in the US for TV stuff to some degree because the FCC has to be paid. Just because the tax is hidden doesn't mean we aren't being taxed. But here, you are being taxed whether you watch TV or not. Of course, the FCC licenses out airwaves and so much of network television is paid for with advertising. So between every seven minutes of content we are treated to 3-4 minutes of advertising.
I mean . . . it sounds like either system sucks for different reasons, but I'm not sure the British system sucks more and at least on its face it seems like it may be more fair or lead to a higher quality experience.
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