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BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:30 pm ]
Post subject:  BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/n ... heats.html

Quote:
The corporation has not updated its detection technology to include tablet devices, mobile phones and computers.
Instead it continues to use the same tracking system which only detects television signals to discover which homes have TV sets that might be unlicensed.
The BBC yesterday vowed to prosecute anyone who watches live TV via the new iPlayer application, which it is launching today (thurs), without a TV licence - but it was unclear how they would be caught.
The corporation said it does not have a “separate enforcement” strategy to ensure people using the BBC iPlayer have paid for a TV licence.
The free "app" allows people to watch BBC TV and listen to BBC Radio live on the move – an action which needs to be covered by a TV licence.

HAs anyone else noticed that TVCatchup now has a TV license reminder around a small screen window.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
It's an absolute nonsense that'll only gain more attention as time goes on, and the BBC/government will eventually have to make a clear statement.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
As a TV license holder I am not really affected, but wouldn't reception on an iPad in some field be covered by the home TV license? Which most households have now.
Author:  JJW009 [ Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
Amnesia10 wrote:
As a TV license holder I am not really affected, but wouldn't reception on an iPad in some field be covered by the home TV license? Which most households have now.

Most students would not be covered for example, since if they live away from home they are considered a separate household. There must be a lot of students who watch TV on the Interwebs and don't have a licence of their own.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BBC 'won't pursue iPad TV licence cheats'
JJW009 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
As a TV license holder I am not really affected, but wouldn't reception on an iPad in some field be covered by the home TV license? Which most households have now.

Most students would not be covered for example, since if they live away from home they are considered a separate household. There must be a lot of students who watch TV on the Interwebs and don't have a licence of their own.

Yes but student households have to have TV licenses so could be covered by that. Even so as soon as they get their own place then they would need one and a few years out of a lifetime without paying is not that bad.
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