New TV Licensing Rules

[Pagnell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37226030

TV licence iPlayer rules come into force

All BBC iPlayer users must now own a TV licence, regardless of whether or not they watch programmes live.
The new rules, which will close the so-called "iPlayer loophole", came into effect on Thursday morning.
Previously, only viewers who were watching shows as they were being broadcast required a licence.

I'd love to know how they're going to enforce that. Random IP traces with ISP disclosure requests on the off chance the user doesn't have a valid licence?

 

[smat]

I'd love to know how they're going to enforce that. Random IP traces with ISP disclosure requests on the off chance the user doesn't have a valid licence?

Ho ho! Chance would be a fine thing!

 

[Leo]

You soon will require a licence to have a shit!

 

[silkyman]

Well....

You pay water rates for flushing the bog...

So, yeah. Sort of.

 

[Abertawe]

Never paid for a TV license in my life and don't plan on doing so anytime soon. I don't really understand why anyone pays it tbh. Apart from a few letters to the householder nothing comes from not paying it, thus those paying it are essentially giving away £145.50 a year for no reason, madness.

 

[smat]

Espesh to the neolib mouthpiece that is the Beeb, right?

 

[Abertawe]

Bruva smat you haven't got a grip of me. I just don't tend to pay for things when I don't need to.