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TV License avoidance
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Do you still have to pay TV license if you can adapt your TV so that it cannot receive BBC1 and 2 and can prove that you only receive terrestrial channels that do not depend on public funding.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There has been a test case a few years ago where a chap proved in court that his TV was modified to only receive satellite channels and he got out of paying the licence fee. I'm not sure of the dates etc but a web search might find the details. It sounded like his legal costs probably ended up being more than the cost of a licence though...