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Comment posted on Watch BBC channels for free and avoid paying your license fee by Nick Reynolds (editor, BBC Internet Blog)

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

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2 Responses to “The headline of this story is misleading. If you …”

  1. 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

  2. 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.