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Watching recorded programmes after cancelling licence.

Pansy_Potter_12
Pansy_Potter_12 Posts: 33 Forumite
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I now wish to cancel my tv licence as don't watch BBC, iPlayer or live broadcasts.

However, I have many recordings, made over the years, via my Humax.  So question is can I still legally watch them after I cancel the licence seeing as they were recorded when I had one?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 120 Forumite
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    edited 23 February 2025 at 7:49PM
    Yes. You can legally watch them. Cancel that licence!
  • Rodders53
    Rodders53 Posts: 2,846 Forumite
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    No.
    >:) You have broken Copyrights Law by recoding them... a dispensation existed while you had a TV Licence,,,  >:)


  • giraffe69
    giraffe69 Posts: 3,635 Forumite
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    If you had a licence when recording you haven't broken any potential copyright laws. Watching them is a different issue and I agree with the above comment no-one has any way of knowing anyway.
  • 4justice2
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    It's perfectly legal to watch those recordings. You only commit and offence if you watch or record "live TV"  without a licence. 
    If you recorded whilst you had a licence, you can still watch those recordings even after cancelling the licence. 
  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,641 Forumite
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    Copyright is a bit of a red herring, here.   There is no exemption from copyright law simply because a TV Licence is in place.   The Licence is a licence to receive, and nothing else.

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