The BBC license fee is – of course …
Comment posted Watch BBC channels for free and avoid paying your license fee by Dave.
The BBC license fee is – of course – without moral merit. Forcing the citizens of a free nation to pay a tax to be allowed to watch television (ANY television). I have always refused to buy a license. And yes, I do own and watch a TV, and in doing so am breaking this unjust law. If everyone stuck to their morals and refused to pay, the BBC in its current arrogant bloated quasi-commercial form would be dead, almost overnight. Remember: they can send as many threatening letters as they like, they can knowck on your door as much as they like – but they have NO right of entry into your home. There is no onus on the citizen to prove that he/she does not own a TV set. The onus is on the BBC. And there is no magical equipment that can detect if you are watching a TV. That’s just scaremongering rubbish. If they could detect homes with TVs, there would be no need for the constant threats. Remember the old saying: the louder the bark, the weaker the bite. This is so true of the BBC – and I refuse to fund even a fraction of one episode of bloody EastEnders.
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The headline of this story is misleading.
If you are watching a BBC Channel live on any device then you do have to pay a TV Licence.
See this blog post:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html
The BBC license fee is – of course – without moral merit. Forcing the citizens of a free nation to pay a tax to be allowed to watch television (ANY television). I have always refused to buy a license. And yes, I do own and watch a TV, and in doing so am breaking this unjust law. If everyone stuck to their morals and refused to pay, the BBC in its current arrogant bloated quasi-commercial form would be dead, almost overnight. Remember: they can send as many threatening letters as they like, they can knowck on your door as much as they like – but they have NO right of entry into your home. There is no onus on the citizen to prove that he/she does not own a TV set. The onus is on the BBC. And there is no magical equipment that can detect if you are watching a TV. That’s just scaremongering rubbish. If they could detect homes with TVs, there would be no need for the constant threats. Remember the old saying: the louder the bark, the weaker the bite. This is so true of the BBC – and I refuse to fund even a fraction of one episode of bloody EastEnders.