TV License vs Broadband Internet Only

In message . com, TimB
writes

Rob wrote:
TimB wrote:
|| Jeff Lawrence wrote:
||| andwan wrote:
|||| if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
|||| modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
|||| license?
|||
||| That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
||| Cheers
||| Jeff
||
|| No, it depends on whether he watches TV. Why this question keeps
|| coming up is beyond me.
||
|| Simple: If you watch TV, you need a license. If you don't, you don't.
|| How do we manage such lengthy threads on this topic?

Probably because a lot of people post simplistic and incorrect replies such
as yours.

I'm intrigued. Please, why do you believe that my response is
incorrect? Simplistic it certainly is, but then it's not exactly a
complicated bit of legislation. Granted, there are a few extremes (such
as 'installing' equipment) that are outside the scope of my definition,
but I think my definition pretty much covers it for the average person.


Agreed.
--
Mike_B

TimB wrote:
Jeff Lawrence wrote:
andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

No, it depends on whether he watches TV. Why this question keeps
coming up is beyond me.

Simple: If you watch TV, you need a license. If you don't, you don't.
How do we manage such lengthy threads on this topic?

Because the same people keep repeating the pub-expert opinions and stating
directly the opposite
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TimB wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
"TimB" wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:

No "you" do not "need" a licence. The TV set works regardless of
what piece of paper might be filed somewhere.

They may think that you "require" a licence.

This is not actually a "need".

Aaah, semantics. *Thats* how we drag these threads out for so long.
Thanks for explaining

If everyone thought the BBC was such a good outfit, the issue would
not get disputed.

You misunderstand me somewhere. I certainly don't believe any such
thing.

*Looks at headers*

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

Yes, Mr Bollux 's main purpose in life is to brag about getting away with
not paying his TV licence fee. Here are some of the reasons he has
previously given for not paying it:

1) He's a patriotic Englishman fighting to free the nation from the tyranny
of the BBC - a sort of latter-day resistance fighter.

2) Many of the TV channels use DOGs. He hates DOGs, and he's not paying for
them.

3) He doesn't watch the BBC anyway.

4) He does watch the BBC, but it's mostly crap and he's not paying for it.
And it has DOGs.

5) He only watches recorded TV so he doesn't need a licence.

6) They can't catch him anyway

TimB wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
"TimB" wrote in message
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Heracles Pollux wrote:

No "you" do not "need" a licence. The TV set works regardless of
what piece
of paper might be filed somewhere.

They may think that you "require" a licence.

This is not actually a "need".

Aaah, semantics. *Thats* how we drag these threads out for so long.

Thanks for explaining



If everyone thought the BBC was such a good outfit, the issue would
not get disputed.

;-)

You misunderstand me somewhere. I certainly don't believe any such
thing.

*Looks at headers*

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

The person you replied to is anything but a law abiding citizen.

"Adrian A" wrote in message
om...
TimB wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
"TimB" wrote in message
oups.com...

Heracles Pollux wrote:

No "you" do not "need" a licence. The TV set works regardless of
what piece
of paper might be filed somewhere.

They may think that you "require" a licence.

This is not actually a "need".

Aaah, semantics. *Thats* how we drag these threads out for so long.

Thanks for explaining



If everyone thought the BBC was such a good outfit, the issue would
not get disputed.

;-)

You misunderstand me somewhere. I certainly don't believe any such
thing.

*Looks at headers*

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

The person you replied to is anything but a law abiding citizen.





But never convicted of anything.

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

The person you replied to is anything but a law abiding citizen.




and which offences are you implying I have alegedly broken?


Name of offence? Place? Victim?


To be clear however: I will not give one penny to the BBC and we can settle
that via the courts.


I have been convicted of no offences ever. I am under investigation by no
law enforcement authority.

Even the BBC have failed to apply to either search my house, "interview" me
under caution, or even submit a list of questions.

What the **** are you wittering on about?

Mike Henry ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

Perhaps it's because of agreeing to lots of American licences every time
you install software,

Or perhaps it's because of agreeing to lots of American licenses?

Mike Henry wrote:
In . com, "TimB"
wrote:

Simple: If you watch TV, you need a license. If you don't, you don't.
How do we manage such lengthy threads on this topic?

I don't know, but I am continually astonished that people don't know how
to spell the English word "licence" :-(. Perhaps it's because of
agreeing to lots of American licences every time you install software,
that they are so bombarded with the American spelling that they think
it's correct English?

It's not as if there are lots of American TV programmes talking about program
licences.

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Mark
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:23:00 +0000, Mike Henry
wrote:

In . com, "TimB"
wrote:

Simple: If you watch TV, you need a license. If you don't, you don't.
How do we manage such lengthy threads on this topic?

I don't know, but I am continually astonished that people don't know how
to spell the English word "licence" :-(. Perhaps it's because of
agreeing to lots of American licences every time you install software,
that they are so bombarded with the American spelling that they think
it's correct English?

It doesn't help matters that the word "license" is perfectly valid in
UK English, just with not quite the same meaning as "licence". So
spell checkers won't pick it up.
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:22:48 -0000, Krustov wrote:

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andwan
10 Jan 2007 09:03:45 -0800
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if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable modem,
but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV license?


Doesnt the word 'television' dictate a device custom built to do a
specific job .

In English, maybe.

In legalese, no.
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