Posted on 02/12/2008 10:23:55 AM PST by Stoat
Thanks for the link, Stoat. very informative stuff you’ve got there.
A license to OWN and watch TV.....a bunch of sheep these Brits. Just imagine (well, I can’t) if they won the Revolutionary War: we’d be getting licenses right now just to watch the Super Bowl on my 50 inch HD.
Essentially the Soviet position. If the government wants something you have to do it regardless of any moral framework you have, because if the government wants it, it must be right, right?
I get pissed when private companies have some kind of industrial accident and disclaim responsibility because their procedures met minimum government regs. Do they really want to take the position that government bureaucrats are better qualified than people who work in the industry to know the best way to deal with hazards??? I don't want excessive regulation by people who have never done it (and are often selected from the enemies of the industry) but by the same token, you can't have it both ways.
You're quite welcome and I'm delighted if you've found it interesting :-)
A license to OWN and watch TV.....a bunch of sheep these Brits. Just imagine (well, I cant) if they won the Revolutionary War: wed be getting licenses right now just to watch the Super Bowl on my 50 inch HD.
Apparently, according to the TV licensing site, you also have to have a special license if you want to sell a TV, even a used one.
Looking at the TV licensing requirements reminds me of the hoops that you need to jump through in order to buy a firearm here in the USA, and the record-keeping requirements appear to be similarly detailed.
The Brits have been under the 'watchful eye' of the TV Detection vans since 1938 so it seems they're quite accustomed to living under what we Yanks would consider to be an astonishing and completely unacceptable level of intrusiveness
BBC Technology To Find Insurgents Danger Room from Wired.com
This page may also be of interest (from 2003):
BBC - Press Office - New generation of television detector vans
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Dear God, if you took out the word “British” in the entire article, I thought I was reading a report from Communist China or Cuba.
I immigrated from Canada, and this just boggles the mind. Thanks for the info.
You need ANOTHER license to SELL a TV???
I immigrated from Canada, and this just boggles the mind.
Welcome Home :-)
Thanks for the info.
You're quite welcome; my pleasure :-)
You need ANOTHER license to SELL a TV???
I should correct my previous post which I made from memory (always a bad plan for me). According to the TV Licensing page for dealers, you need to be "registered" which MAY be different from a 'license'. I am HOPING that there's an exemption for private individuals, so you can sell your buddy your old TV when you're tired of it, but I couldn't find any mention of sales between private individuals at the TV licensing site.
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If you sell or rent TV receiving equipment, under The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (as amended) - you are required to notify us within 28 days of each transaction, providing full details of the purchaser or hirer. This includes the sale or rental of any new or second-hand:
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Do we need to be registered with you to send our notifications? |
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Yes. If you are not already registered, please click here to download a registration form. Print and complete your registration form and post it to us at: TV Licensing (dealer department) Customer Services Centre PO Box 88 Darwen BB3 1YX Alternatively, you can call us on 0844 800 5819. |
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You will be required to complete a form which details: |
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Please take care to ensure that you spell everything correctly and any information that is hand-written is legible. |
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It is an offence not to notify us of every transaction. Failure to do so could result in a fine of up to £1,000 per offence for you, or the store manager employed by your company. Recently a major retailer was fined a total of £14,400 plus £1,350 costs for failing to notify TV Licensing of television equipment sales and rentals in 3 of its stores. |
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We log all notification details into our database, which we match against our records of current licence holders. If they don't match up we will investigate any potential licence evaders who may be breaking the law by watching TV without a licence. |
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