On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 12:43:29PM +0000, Mark Fowler wrote:
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> Ah, but you have a computer. That can play videos downloaded from the
> 'net. The net is a broadcast[1] medium.
I think it's more to do with RF spectrum licensing, and intent, rather than
whether some equipment you have can be contrived to show video.
There happens to be a TV in my flat. It's got no aerial, and the only
connection to it is via baseband video to my DVD player and VCR (which
itself has no aerial either). I also note the following on www.tv-l.co.uk:
When is a licence not needed?
Your business doesn't need a licence if the TV set cannot receive
television programmes and is only used:
* for closed circuit monitoring.
* for watching pre-recorded videos.
* as a monitor for computers.
It doesn't say either way whether this also applies to residential
properties, but it would seem reasonable to assume so. So, I'll give the
�105pa license fee to Blackstar, who seem to have a much better idea of what
I want to watch than the BBC.
