Tv Licence

[nailit]

Just tried to access a programme on BBC iplayer and got a pop up informing me that the law has changed and you now need a licence to view catch up.

1) How would they know if you were viewing?
2) If tv licencing were to pay a visit to your home, would they have a right to take your laptop to analyse if you had been viewing iplayer?

Thanks.

[New Judge]

"NJ, hope you dont mind me asking but are you (or have you ever been) a judge/magistrate??"

Whilst I'm happy to share some aspects of my past (and present) on here, nailit, there's quite a lot, including what I have done and still do for a living, my whereabouts, and personal details. So I'm afraid I must decline to answer your question.

[ummmm]

237 - are you on the wrong thread?

[nailit]

Zacs //Sorry nailit, I don't believe you. If you weren't looking for a way round it, you wouldn't have posted the question.//
Your prerogotive Zacs, as I said I dont give a stuff what people think of me. I DONT NOW OWN A TV. Just curious re: accessing iplayer without a licence.

[Orderlimit]

I refuse to pay the Bbc licence Nailt ( I rarely watch their nonsense) and there is currently no way of them knowing if i watch a TV or not, unless you allow them access to your home. ( i don't)

[nailit]

ok NJ, thanks for getting back.

[nailit]

Tambo, see my post at 20;31

[nailit]

Careful Orderlimit, you'll be getting yourself cast in the same mold as myself...

[tamborine]

I can get iplayer without revealing my tv licence details.

[Orderlimit]

I care not Nailit :)

[nailit]

//I can get iplayer without revealing my tv licence details. //
Good for you Tambo, but you would still starve to death rather than nicking a sandwich from Tesco?

[tamborine]

I said 'earn' nailit. Whatever/however.

[tamborine]

I would ask.....these circles make me dizzy

[nailit]

Good for you Orderlimit ;-)
Years ago I had a licencing officer asking to come in. I told him that he was welcome (he put one foot over the door) then I told him that it was a £50 entrance fee though.

[nailit]

// I said 'earn' nailit. Whatever/however. //
Yes, I CAN read. But you failed to tell me how a dirty, smelly, homeless ex convict who sleeps on a car park could do that.

[ichkeria]

They need to stop calling it a "TV licence"

[nailit]

youre not wrong there ichkeria ^^

[THECORBYLOON]

Perhaps folk shouldn't bother paying the Council Tax if they don't use all the services it helps to fund?

[nailit]

//Perhaps folk shouldn't bother paying the Council Tax if they don't use all the services it helps to fund? //

FOR THE LAST TIME, I DON'T NOW OWN A TV.

My OP was concerning HOW the BBC would know if you were watching iplayer without a licence. No ulterior motive, simply how would they police that.
Its not a difficult question.

[THECORBYLOON]

I wasn't aiming my comment at you, ORDERLIMIT said, "I refuse to pay the Bbc licence Nailt ( I rarely watch their nonsense)"

[Zacs-Master]

Curious my arze. You're an intelligent bloke nailit. Don't insult ours.