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Why do you need a tv license?
by softbuilder 18y ago
Why do you need a tv license?
- dabeeeenster 18y agoHe's in the UK, like me, hence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni.... See, Bush was right, we really are all socialists in Europe ;)
- softbuilder 18y agoI didn't realize that still went on. I remember reading a long time ago about license inspectors driving around in cars with a directional antenna on the roof looking for unlicensed TVs. I thought that went out in the 60s or so. The model does explain those painfully dry sitcoms from the 70s and 80s that our PBS imports from you. :)
- jodrellblank 18y agoTo get TV without adverts and programs that don't depend on being popular to be shown. Alternately, because the law says you have to have one if you have a device capable of receiving TV signals (in the UK).
- eru 18y agoAnd Germany, too. And they have a really self-righteous collection agency for the fees.