Watching children in need without a licence

VisionMan

Putting all the posts on this thread aside for a moment, watching anything live without a TV licence is illegal full stop.

Mr.Generous

sorry if i missed it - I've seen opinions - but what are the facts? The OP doesn't want to watch, can a student / child from a home with a license watch on a device away from home? That is basically the question, take all the emotion out of it.

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Mr.Generous wrote: »

sorry if i missed it - I've seen opinions - but what are the facts?

Facts were already posted, here they are again;

duchy wrote: »

Letter of the law is as a minor she doesn't have a TV licence her parents do so she can watch tv in their home but in another household as a guest that household needs its own licence.

jaylee3

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/Live-TV-and-how-you-watch-it

Your TV licence at home covers you watching away from home.

Yes weirdly, if the portable device (like a laptop) is used, it has to be on battery only... (Although I have no idea how they would ever find out if it was plugged in!) And if the teenage child's household has a licence, I don't see why she shouldn't watch Children in need. It's not exactly the crime of the century even if she isn't covered, and the OP doesn't need to feel bad about anything.

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jaylee3 wrote: »

Your TV licence at home covers you watching away from home.

Not (as already pointed out) a minor as a guest in another home without a license.

I agree nothing is ever likely to come of it, but that's not the point.

Mr.Generous

from the link provided ...
Some of these devices can be powered solely by their own internal batteries. Your home TV Licence will usually cover you to use these away from home.
However, if you’re away from home and plug one of these devices into the mains and use it to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel or device, or to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer, you need to be covered by a separate TV Licence at that address (unless you’re in a vehicle or vessel like a train, car or boat). It’s the law.


So I would agree with jayle3 - yes, on battery she can watch TV at your house over the internet.

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Mr.Generous wrote: »

yes, on battery she can watch TV at your house over the internet.

That's very different to the OP which suggested digging out an old Freeview Box and watching live via the aerial.

I think this thread is now going around in circles...

Mr.Generous

The minor thing sounds like it contradicts this from the license webpage, again this says to me YES she can watch it.
Are students covered by a halls’ or parents’ licence?

A halls’ licence doesn’t cover students in their rooms. They won’t be covered by their parents’ licence either, unless they only ever use devices that are powered solely by their own internal batteries, and aren’t plugged into an aerial or the mains.


So if she did use internal batteries she would be covered.

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Mr.Generous wrote: »

So if she did use internal batteries she would be covered.

She's a young child, an overnight guest, not a "student" living away from home.

Regardless, there was no intention to watch on a lap top or other portable device.

Mr.Generous

and the licensing website is very careful to try and avoid saying what we really need to know, who in the household is covered? I would say dependent children would be covered under the household license while visiting granny and using a battery device. I didn't know the answer until I checked out the link, I'm not 100% sure because they don't mention kids - but do anyone's kids have their own license??

Ah your right, she mentioned an old tv set, If we had been able to advise in time I bet the kid could bring some sort of mobile device, If not she must be the only kid in the uk without one!!