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The question is if you watch BBC1 streaming but 5 min behind, and hence watching a recording, are you required to have a TV license? We had a debate about this
by samwillis 14y ago
The question is if you watch BBC1 streaming but 5 min behind, and hence watching a recording, are you required to have a TV license?
We had a debate about this at work while the Olympics were on. Interestingly you can watch live tv at work on a laptop that is not plugged in and on wifi if they don't have a tv license but you do at home. You break the law the minute you plug the laptop in.
- petercooper 14y agoI didn't think so but the BBC iPlayer's page about requiring a TV license claims so. If you are using the live rewind function to either restart the current live programme or to rewind any live stream for up to 2 hours, a television license is required as you are still accessing the live simulcasts. http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/...
- takluyver 14y agoThe usual wording is that it applies to devices that display or record something as it is being broadcast. So if you're delaying the stream yourself, that's recording a live broadcast. And a third party delaying and rebroadcasting the stream would be copyright infringement.