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question do I need a tv licence

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  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    Swan wrote: »
    you need a licence to watch programmes as they're being broadcast no matter what receiving device you're using
    So if the OP _wanted_ to watch this live cricket he managed to find (or any other live TV broadcast through his PC) then he would need a licence.

    But I guess what we're saying is that just because his PC is capable of doing this doesn't mean he needs a licence - only if he was using it to do it.
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    Swan wrote: »
    urban mythology, chinese whispers & an unhealthy dose of misinformation from TVLA themselves is what's going on there

    AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Here we go again !!
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    jimmythewig wrote: »
    so if the op _wanted_ to watch this live cricket he managed to find (or any other live tv broadcast through his pc) then he would need a licence.

    but i guess what we're saying is that just because his pc is capable of doing this doesn't mean he needs a licence - only if he was using it to do it.
    exactly! :)
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    moonrakerz wrote: »
    AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Here we go again !!
    let us spread enlightenment :A :D
  • NickWarren_2
    NickWarren_2 Posts: 213 Forumite
    edited 4 October 2009 at 5:22PM
    According to TVLA you dont need one.
    War does not decide who is right, It decides who is left.
  • mrtom21
    mrtom21 Posts: 281 Forumite
    Lol if you accidentally click on something live you don't need to quickly click off. It is unlikely the government will burst through the door with bats. :)
  • NickWarren_2
    NickWarren_2 Posts: 213 Forumite
    Wouldn't put anything past Gordon.
    War does not decide who is right, It decides who is left.
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