Deleted due to hostile and racist replies - will ask elsewhere

curtaingirl

Deleted due to hostile and racist replies - will ask elsewhere

atypical

curtaingirl wrote: »

My question is: Can I watch live TV on my laptop in the student address if the laptop is not plugged in?

Bizarrely, yes.

Naf

atypical wrote: »

Bizarrely, yes.

I didn't believe this when I read it, so I looked it up (like the OP should have done):

TV_Licensing wrote:

Your parents' TV Licence will not cover you while you are away at university unless you only use a device that's powered solely by its own internal batteries. You must not plug it into the mains when using it to receive TV.

Thats one of the most ridiculous things I've heard :rotfl:

atypical

Naf wrote: »

Thats one of the most ridiculous things I've heard :rotfl:

It is! You can really imagine students making sure they unplug their laptop just before they start watching TV, then plugging it back in again.

To be fair to TV Licensing, it's what the legislation says (needs to catch up with technology I guess). I think it says something about the device not being 'installed', which TV Licensing have taken to mean being plugged in or having an aerial.

antrobus

Naf wrote: »

I didn't believe this when I read it, so I looked it up (like the OP should have done): .... Thats one of the most ridiculous things I've heard :rotfl:

It's an historical thing. Goes back to the days of 'portable TVs' and the definition thereof. A portable TV is one that runs off its own internal batteries and as its portable you're covered by the licence for your main address. Or something like that. I looked it up once when I was a student, but that was a loooong time ago.

curtaingirl wrote: »

...One must wonder how exactly they are going to know if you watched TV on the 18th of January 2013 with the laptop plugged in or not...

They have no idea that you watched TV at all on the 18th of January 2013.

Fluff15

Legally, you are meant to have your own TV license to cover your room (not just one per flat/floor) at a student residence (university based) if you are watching any live TV - this includes live TV off of your laptop/computer. Catch-up services don't count, you can watch these free of will. If you're living in a shared house however, one TV license covers the whole house, and therefore it's good if you can get all your flatmates to chip in.

However, in all my time of being a student (I've just graduated last year, so it's recent!) and during the time I worked in the student residence for my second and third year, we never ever had anybody come around to check student TV licensing per room (so that covers three years and over 700 rooms). In fact, even if they did come around, we weren't allowed to give them access or give out student details anyway, so we couldn't even confirm if somebody was occupying the room! It may be different for every university, but I know for the halls I worked/lived at, it would be virtually impossible for them to check - but I'm not advocating that as you should be paying anyway like the rest of us

Houses and flats rented outside of the university however come under the normal jurisdiction of a house, they can turn up at your door and ask to come in at any time. Again, that being said - you don't have to let them in - but if they can see it through the window etc, you may be lumped with a fine.

It's one of those pointless things that we should all be paying, it's a nuisance and a lot of money. But if you're going to not pay, it's pretty hard thing to prove.

Naf

Fluff15 wrote: »

Legally, you are meant to have your own TV license to cover your room...

Wrong answer, which kinda makes the rest of your post irrelevant.
As above; students who only live away during term time, but still live at home for holidays are covered at university (in any accomodation) by their parents' license provided they use a portable device (defined as one working on its own batteries).

Morganarla

Why has the OP deleted the first post because of racist replies?? I see no mention of race in the answers?

molerat

She has deleted all her posts but the reason is for this one, luckily quoted for posterity https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4478261
:rotfl:

cockaleekee

molerat wrote: »

She has deleted all her posts but the reason is for this one, luckily quoted for posterity https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4478261
:rotfl:

And it's a cracker!

"Refugee Determination - To be granted asylum in Canada as a refugee, a person must be outside his or her home country and have a well-founded fear of persecution. According to the Geneva Convention, the fear must not only be well-founded, the persecution must also be based on reasons of race, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.."

1. I am fearful of persecution from an increasingly totalitarian UK government (people being put in prison for saying things on facebook.. no constitution.. websites being ISP-blocked at the whim of corporations.. I could continue)

2. I am fearful of persecution for my religious beliefs (or lack thereof). I live in a highly Muslim community and am fearful of violence and abuse

3. I am fearful of persecution for my race. I am white and live in a highly ghettoized community which consists mainly of British-Pakistanis and I have been physically attacked a few times because of my race. Recent threats involve death threats if I don't leave.

I just want to get out. Escape. I'm really terrified here. I am seriously considering hopping on a plane to Canada.

agrinnall

I'm glad I wasn't drinking when I went to the other thread and read the Canada geese reply or my laptop would have been dripping now. I think we can all be grateful that the OP has taken the huff.