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The issue is that they will keep sending you very aggressive letters if you don't pay. Regardless of whether you own a TV or not. I remember receiving one lett

• _delirium 14y ago
  That's one reason I'd rather just move to funding through a normal tax. The license-fee is a bit of an anachronism from when only better-off people had televisions, so it was to exempt the poorer people who couldn't afford one. In Denmark it's more or less moved that way, except it's still annoyingly collected separately: you have to pay it if you have: 1) a television; or 2) an internet-accessible screen of any sort, including ownership of a laptop or smartphone. Since that includes just about everyone, it's basically historical baggage that it's not a regular tax. They're not at all aggressive in collecting, though—perhaps because Danes tend to follow the rules without much trouble, so there's not much need to be aggressive. I didn't realize I was supposed to pay it until I'd lived here for a year, and eventually signed up online after getting a friendly letter explaining what DR is, what they do, and what I should do.