> a UK-style TV license (Internet Publishing License anyone?) Germany sort of does that already. From 2006 to 2012 internet-connected devices were considered b

> a UK-style TV license (Internet Publishing License anyone?) Germany sort of does that already. From 2006 to 2012 internet-connected devices were considered broadcast receivers for the purpose of the broadcast fees. Since 2012 the fee was simplified to a general per-household broadcast fee which reduced the fairly data collection the agency had to do to know who had which kind receiver. The internet presence of the public-service broadcasters is also financed through those fees.