TV Licence - UK should it carry on?
By crofter9
@crofter9 (150)
November 18, 2006 8:29am CST
I have a television and therefore by law I'm required to have a licence (and yes I have got one lol).
It has made me very cross this year buying a new one as I watch TV so infrequently and I can't get digital. I know it is to fund the BBC but surely in this day and age they can raise the funding the same way all other TV stations do.
What are your thoughts?
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4 responses
@ravenhardgrove (82)
• United States
18 Nov 06
Why are you requierd to have a licence it seem silly to me.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
20 Nov 06
... and I would add that you would have to jump through hoops to prove that you own a TV simply to watch videos.
I believe that people who sell TVs have to pass on the names and addresses of purchasers to the TV Licensing authority. The only way round that would be to buy a second-hand set.
They also use detector vans which can pinpoint any house which is operating a TV set.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
18 Nov 06
So you a buy license to fund the BBC? Silly question: How do they track who does and doesn't have a TV?
I think that they should find a better way to find the BBC. Carry a license is silly. I am sure you paid some kind of tax on the TV, why can't they use that.
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@jonathanmorley (118)
• United States
20 Nov 06
... a license for TV? That's kind of ridiculous, don't you think?
@catnik (105)
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20 Nov 06
I agree totally! Television licence fees each year make me mad too. I use the internet much more than I watch T.V and I enjoy it more too. This world has gone crazy!! ;-)
