Just read about the idea of making the TV license also apply to people who just watch Netflix or Disney etc.
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@emsquared can’t see how it could be enforced
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@bobthomson70 @georgelund Two! Dear me. I think the doorstep tactics are quite aggressive from what i've read but they're nothing to do with the BBC. Just like the private parking contractors you mentioned.
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@emsquared @georgelund to which the answer is of course, prove it
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@John_Loader I guess there are chancers who watch telly & just don't pay (my brother was like that. Never paid council tax, poll tax, TV license. You name it, he didn't pay it).
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@emsquared @georgelund even outside Scotland the parking thing seems to mainly rely on you just rolling over. I had one in Scotland about 2010 or so and ignored it and the letters got more and more threatening and then stopped. They have to prove in court some sort of loss and that it was very clearly signed etc. So not worth the hassle for them often.
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@John_Loader Might to be easier to enforce in a streaming only world. You have an IP address. Could move to having to put a payment code in to stream anything.
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@bobthomson70 @georgelund A tad easier in a streaming environment perhaps. IP address. I do wonder how much it actually costs for even the few prosecutions.
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@emsquared @georgelund doesn’t seem like it would be very good value for money no.
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@bobthomson70 @georgelund I just inform TV licensing i don't need a license every year (used to be every 2 years). I presume i'm not hassled (many are with doorstep bullying and letters) because i'm not showing up buying new telly's etc (retailers have to inform on you i believe).
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@emsquared @bobthomson70 to be fair very few people end up in jail these days. But 52,000 people a year in E&W end up with a criminal conviction, per https://fullfact.org/news/liz-truss-tv-licence-prison/
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@georgelund @bobthomson70 I can't see a more up to date info for Scotland.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100213156/
