Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:20:53 +0300, Andrei wrote in message 
20120412102053.GF4455@sid.nuvreauspam:

 On Jo, 12 apr 12, 10:29:33, Paul Lewis wrote:
  On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:
  
   Why broadcast?
   
  
  Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet 
  server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?
 
 The internet is (still) a free(dom) medium, you are entitled to 
 distribute stuff within the ToS agreed with your ISP and your local 
 laws.
  
  And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to 
  charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web
  and don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast 
  material?
 
 You may charge whatever you want for stuff you distribute assuming
 you have the legal right to do so (e.g. you own the copyright).
 
 Kind regards,
 Andrei

..and I understand the civilized countries has legislation protecting
the competition among copyright owners to encourage cheap publishment
of content for the benefit of the tax paying consumer and voter? ;o)

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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:49:04 +0100, Dom wrote in message 
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 On 11/04/12 07:09, Alan Chandler wrote:
  On 10/04/12 22:24, Lisi wrote:
  On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:
  I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
  sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?
  I think so. But I also believe that you can get round it by
  watching iPlayer
  etc. over the internet. IANL of course!
  Unfortunately you can't. You still need a TV licence to watch via
  iPlayer. It says so on the BBC web site.
 
 
 It is true that you need a TV licence to watch programmes that are 
 currently being broadcast (as the programmes are being broadcast, 
 simulcast or otherwise made available by the BBC on television).
 
 However, programmes that were are not being broadcast at the time may
 be watched, in the UK only, without a TV licence, for as long as they
 are available on iplayer. The BBC would like to close this loophole.
 

..what happens if e.g. Sian creates her own TV broadcasts,
e.g. by putting a camera and a TV transmitter aboard a R/C 
model aircraft, FPV style, but specifically to show common
TV watchers her own version of e.g. life in the communities 
around Mount Battenberg?  

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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-12 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 11 April 2012 17:48:45 Arnt Karlsen wrote:
 ..what happens if e.g. Sian creates her own TV broadcasts,
 e.g. by putting a camera and a TV transmitter aboard a R/C
 model aircraft, FPV style, but specifically to show common
 TV watchers her own version of e.g. life in the communities
 around Mount Battenberg?  

If she hasn't got a TV she doesn't need a TV licence, if she has she does.

But she would almost certainly need a licence to broadcast.  The airwaves are 
jealously guarded.

What would be wrong, from her point of view, with Youtube, or her own website?  
Why broadcast?

Lisi


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-12 Thread Paul Lewis
On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:

 Why broadcast?
 

Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet 
server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?

And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to 
charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web and 
don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast 
material?

My feeling is, No and No.



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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 12 apr 12, 10:29:33, Paul Lewis wrote:
 On 12/04/12 10:22:41, Lisi wrote:
 
  Why broadcast?
  
 
 Which leads me to ask the question. Is putting stuff on an internet 
 server and inviting people to view it, broadcasting?

The internet is (still) a free(dom) medium, you are entitled to 
distribute stuff within the ToS agreed with your ISP and your local 
laws.
 
 And if you do that in addition to broadcasting, are you entitled to 
 charge a licence fee to those people who just use a PC for the web and 
 don't own a conventional TV to access your previously broadcast 
 material?

You may charge whatever you want for stuff you distribute assuming you 
have the legal right to do so (e.g. you own the copyright).

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-11 Thread Alan Chandler

On 10/04/12 22:24, Lisi wrote:

On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

I think so.  But I also believe that you can get round it by watching iPlayer
etc. over the internet.  IANL of course!
Unfortunately you can't.  You still need a TV licence to watch via 
iPlayer.  It says so on the BBC web site.


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-11 Thread Dom

On 11/04/12 07:09, Alan Chandler wrote:

On 10/04/12 22:24, Lisi wrote:

On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

I think so. But I also believe that you can get round it by watching
iPlayer
etc. over the internet. IANL of course!

Unfortunately you can't. You still need a TV licence to watch via
iPlayer. It says so on the BBC web site.



It is true that you need a TV licence to watch programmes that are 
currently being broadcast (as the programmes are being broadcast, 
simulcast or otherwise made available by the BBC on television).


However, programmes that were are not being broadcast at the time may be 
watched, in the UK only, without a TV licence, for as long as they are 
available on iplayer. The BBC would like to close this loophole.


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-11 Thread David Goodenough
On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
 I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
 sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?
It dependsa.  The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does.
So if there is already a TV there you are fine, but if this is the
only TV then yes, you do need a licence.

David


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-11 Thread Sian Mountbatten

On 11/04/12 10:20, David Goodenough wrote:

On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

It dependsa.  The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does.
So if there is already a TV there you are fine, but if this is the
only TV then yes, you do need a licence.

David



Thanx. I've now paid for a colour licence. So I'm covered.


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:
 I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
 sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

I think so.  But I also believe that you can get round it by watching iPlayer 
etc. over the internet.  IANL of course!

Lisi


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Steven Jan Springl
On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:
 I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
 sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?

Sian

See: 

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/understanding-your-
tv-licence-top3/

Steven.


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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten

On 10/04/12 22:30, Lisi wrote:

On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?


I think so.  But I also believe that you can get round it by watching iPlayer
etc. over the internet.  IANL of course!

Lisi


Thanks. I've checked with the TV Licencing authority and it appears that 
I have to have a licence. So here goes...

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Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten

On 10/04/12 22:40, Steven Jan Springl wrote:

On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my
sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence?


Sian

See:

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/understanding-your-
tv-licence-top3/

Steven.


Yes, well, that's clear enough. If I want to watch TV as it's being 
broadcast or record TV from a broadcast, I need a TV licence. It's a 
long time since I had a TV - been an avid Debian GNU/Linux user, but no 
TV. Oh well. I shall now join the vast majority!


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