tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post4998177598737622888..comments2024-03-15T09:20:12.565+00:00Comments on TV Licensing: Government Reaches Compromise With BBC Over TV Licence SettlementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-76392451568374319752015-07-10T10:46:55.832+01:002015-07-10T10:46:55.832+01:00People in Guernsey not paying their TV licence and...People in Guernsey not paying their TV licence and getting off scot-free.<br /><br />http://guernseypress.com/news/2010/02/04/sixty-caught-without-a-tv-licence-but-no-prosecutions/<br /><br />I'm shocked, shocked!Fred Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-78255705170981505502015-07-09T14:06:18.434+01:002015-07-09T14:06:18.434+01:00It looks like the BBC is finding it hard to get co...It looks like the BBC is finding it hard to get convictions in Northern Ireland:<br /><br />http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/166-tv-licence-evasion-cases-were-thrown-out-1-6840609<br /><br />Fred Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-68052550546874016972015-07-08T19:28:52.250+01:002015-07-08T19:28:52.250+01:00They can change their rules as much as they want. ...They can change their rules as much as they want. I don't watch live TV. Infact I don't even watch TV full stop save for DVD's and youtube videos I have downloaded and then re-played on my nice 56" flatscreen TV.<br /><br />The simplest way to slay the beast is to stop feeding it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-19096294300016046432015-07-07T10:27:52.791+01:002015-07-07T10:27:52.791+01:00So now we will have the crazy situation where we n...So now we will have the crazy situation where we neeed a TV Licese for a phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-86073005133971715152015-07-07T06:18:14.410+01:002015-07-07T06:18:14.410+01:00Sorry to say this, but I saw this coming a mile aw...Sorry to say this, but I saw this coming a mile away. The Government has sold it's soul to the devil, just for the sake of a favourable view (read: biased) in the media. If they truly cared about the tax payer (the people paying for the BBC's rich lifestyle), they would have cancelled the licence fee years ago. Now it's perfectly clear that they don't give a damn.<br /><br />Since when did the Goverment give in to the demands of an ENTERTAINMENT outlet?! I hope the BBC and the Government enjoy their little arrangement. In the likelyhood the BBC shove their foot completely down their collective throats, I really hope they take the members of parliment responsible for this charade with them.<br /><br />And decriminalising the licence fee?! Not likely to happen now in light of these new developments. The BBC will do everything in their power to make sure it never happens and our pathetic Government will bow to their demands.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842058748829949605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-65961164335677339552015-07-07T02:02:29.272+01:002015-07-07T02:02:29.272+01:00So now every computer is potentially "install...So now every computer is potentially "installed" for the "purpose of receiving iplayer" and will require a license? I bet the BBC are licking their lips Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959111893158321335.post-45890329249883565372015-07-06T23:58:42.256+01:002015-07-06T23:58:42.256+01:00It's a stunning piece of misdirection, to crea...It's a stunning piece of misdirection, to create something (iPlayer) that the license fee doesn't cover and is totally unrelated to, provide it for free as part of a commercial structure, then moan that people aren't paying for it, to the point that it is seen as a "loophole". A loophole would be using a technicality to avoid paying for a license that you should be paying for. The TV license laws are clear, and iPlayer does not feature. It is not a loophole at all.<br /><br />Imagine the Environment Agency moaning that people are using a "loophole" to avoid paying for a rod license by buying their fish from Tesco, and then getting the "loophole" closed by charging people for something they never needed all along.<br /><br />Imagine the DVLA moaning that people were avoiding paying for a HGV license by using the "loophole" of catching the bus on a free pass, then charging them for an annual HGV license to close the "loophole".<br /><br />Imagine the police calling round to say you need a firearms license because you've been using a "loophole" of watching Bruce Willis fire a gun, so now you have to pay for a firearms license to ensure this "loophole" is closed.<br /><br />All ridiculous examples but the BBC's is real.<br />Chrisnoreply@blogger.com