On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
> sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?
It dependsa. The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does.
So if there is already a TV there you are fine, but if this is the
only TV then yes, you do need a licence.

David


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On 11/04/12 10:20, David Goodenough wrote:

On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

It dependsa. The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does.
So if there is already a TV there you are fine, but if this is the
only TV then yes, you do need a licence.

David



Thanx. I've now paid for a colour licence. So I'm covered.


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On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:49:04 +0100, Dom wrote in message
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> On 11/04/12 07:09, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > On 10/04/12 22:24, Lisi wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> >>> I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
> >>> sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?
> >> I think so. But I also believe that you can get round it by
> >> watching iPlayer
> >> etc. over the internet. IANL of course!
> > Unfortunately you can't. You still need a TV licence to watch via
> > iPlayer. It says so on the BBC web site.
> >
>
> It is true that you need a TV licence to watch programmes that are
> currently being broadcast ("as the programmes are being broadcast,
> simulcast or otherwise made available by the BBC on television").
>
> However, programmes that were are not being broadcast at the time may
> be watched, in the UK only, without a TV licence, for as long as they
> are available on iplayer. The BBC would like to close this loophole.
>

..what happens if e.g. Sian creates her own TV broadcasts,
e.g. by putting a camera and a TV transmitter aboard a R/C
model aircraft, FPV style, but specifically to show common
TV watchers her own version of e.g. life in the communities
around Mount Battenberg?

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On Wednesday 11 April 2012 17:48:45 Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> ..what happens if e.g. Sian creates her own TV broadcasts,
> e.g. by putting a camera and a TV transmitter aboard a R/C
> model aircraft, FPV style, but specifically to show common
> TV watchers her own version of e.g. life in the communities
> around Mount Battenberg? *

If she hasn't got a TV she doesn't need a TV licence, if she has she does.

But she would almost certainly need a licence to broadcast. The airwaves are
jealously guarded.

What would be wrong, from her point of view, with Youtube, or her own website?
Why broadcast?

Lisi


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On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:

> Why broadcast?
>

Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet
server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?

And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to
charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web and
don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast
material?

My feeling is, No and No.



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On Jo, 12 apr 12, 10:29:33, Paul Lewis wrote:
> On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:
>
> > Why broadcast?
> >
>
> Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet
> server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?

The internet is (still) a free(dom) medium, you are entitled to
distribute stuff within the ToS agreed with your ISP and your local
laws.

> And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to
> charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web and
> don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast
> material?

You may charge whatever you want for stuff you distribute assuming you
have the legal right to do so (e.g. you own the copyright).

Kind regards,
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:20:53 +0300, Andrei wrote in message
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> On Jo, 12 apr 12, 10:29:33, Paul Lewis wrote:
> > On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:
> >
> > > Why broadcast?
> > >
> >
> > Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet
> > server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?
>
> The internet is (still) a free(dom) medium, you are entitled to
> distribute stuff within the ToS agreed with your ISP and your local
> laws.
>
> > And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to
> > charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web
> > and don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast
> > material?
>
> You may charge whatever you want for stuff you distribute assuming
> you have the legal right to do so (e.g. you own the copyright).
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei

..and I understand the civilized countries has legislation protecting
the competition among copyright owners to encourage cheap publishment
of content for the benefit of the tax paying consumer and voter? ;o)

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