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Satellite Dishes to become compulsary.
penrhyn
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In a landmark declaration Judge Lead ruled that any household without a Sky dish will now face criminal prosecution and a fine of up to £1000 or even imprisonment.
Using a database system, enforcement officials may call at any home and if they cannot spot a satellite dish they may question the owners as to why they failed to get one.
Judge Lead summed up with ..
"...The law is clear. It is an offence to receive live broadcast images on a television or computer or digital device without a valid satellite receiver.... Every home must have a BSkyB dish that costs around £145 a year.
It does not matter if the owners watch Sky television or just the free to air channels or even cable, internet or foreign TV. Or even if they don't watch TV at all. They must have a dish capable of receiving the network."
Rupert Murdoch of BSkyB beamed happily that .."Its the unique way we will be funded that will allow us to pay our executives whatever we like....it will be fab..
But there are concessions of course. Anyone aged over 75 will be exempt from the satellite installation fee . And anyone who has somehow !!!!!!ed up their flat screen's contrast and colour settings and lost their remote and so now only watches in black and white need only pay £49...the sad losers.."
Magic Eye
Using a database system, enforcement officials may call at any home and if they cannot spot a satellite dish they may question the owners as to why they failed to get one.
Judge Lead summed up with ..
"...The law is clear. It is an offence to receive live broadcast images on a television or computer or digital device without a valid satellite receiver.... Every home must have a BSkyB dish that costs around £145 a year.
It does not matter if the owners watch Sky television or just the free to air channels or even cable, internet or foreign TV. Or even if they don't watch TV at all. They must have a dish capable of receiving the network."
Rupert Murdoch of BSkyB beamed happily that .."Its the unique way we will be funded that will allow us to pay our executives whatever we like....it will be fab..
But there are concessions of course. Anyone aged over 75 will be exempt from the satellite installation fee . And anyone who has somehow !!!!!!ed up their flat screen's contrast and colour settings and lost their remote and so now only watches in black and white need only pay £49...the sad losers.."
Magic Eye
That gum you like is coming back in style.
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*yawns*
Misleading thread title, and a load of rubbish from a blog that completely ignores the difference between a PSB and a purely commercial subscription based company.
I'd give it an E, and suggest the blog writer looks at how the law is formed, and the limits of the powers accorded to Judges in the UK.0 -
Wrong, Glenmorangie.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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Reminds me of The Onion0
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Nice one, if Rupert had his way this is how it would be.
Never mind, still time for some lobbying before the next election.0
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