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Do I need to buy a license if I dont terrestrial TV?

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  • Rainbowgirl84
    Rainbowgirl84 Posts: 1,175 Forumite
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    So let me get this straight, you are embarrassed and think you are a sucker for not stealing? Shoplifting is very common, do you feel like a sucker for not doing that?
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    I think it's one of the most common prosecutions in the country....
  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,482 Forumite
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    edited 13 July 2017 at 10:13AM
    It is. Typically around 160,000 prosecutions per year, and according to the BBC there are another c. 160,000 viable cases that they do not pursue.

    However, there are a number of technical legal issues with those cases that raise questions about whether this is really serving justice, or simply the financial/political interests of the BBC and the wider Establishment.

    The whole thing is an economy-sized can of worms. IMHO.

    As I said, I do not condone law-breaking, and that applies as much to individuals breaking the Communications Act by evading the Licence as it does to the BBC and their agents breaking PACE when pursuing them.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    So let me get this straight, you are embarrassed and think you are a sucker for not stealing? Shoplifting is very common, do you feel like a sucker for not doing that?

    Yes exactly.........
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  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    So basically, they can`t prove anything, so none of us should bother paying the licence at all.
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  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    edited 13 July 2017 at 6:17PM
    We only watch internet stuff that does NOT require a licence.

    What is the best way to let them know so they stop bugging me, I'm getting some seriously irritating letters.

    How can I stop the harassment?
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    edited 13 July 2017 at 11:55AM
    I have an Amazon fire stick, and I know you can watch things that require a to licence, but we do not.

    I only watch films and other things that do not require a tv licence.

    How can I tell them, what is the best way and the best wording.

    Are there any sample letters?
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,706 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    So basically, they can`t prove anything, so none of us should bother paying the licence at all.
    If that happened then the there would be no BBC which would be a great loss. Why would you want to lose high quality programming?
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    I actually feel so discussed by the pedophile ring that was covered up for so long in the BBC that I want nothing to do with them,

    I seriously want them to stop bugging me with harassment, as I have informed them already that we do not require a to licence
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    Once they accept your declaration that's the end of the hate mail for 2 years, until it starts again.
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