Date   : Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:43:36 -0000
From   : "Colin Fraser" <colin@...>
Subject: Re: Circuits involving a SAA5050?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bbc-micro@... 
> [mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...] On Behalf Of Michael McConnell
> Sent: 25 February 2002 2:30
> To: Kris Adcock
> Cc: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Circuits involving a SAA5050?
> 
> It's not illegal to have a TV tuner in premises where there 
> is no licence,
> it's only illegal to use it to receive television broadcasts.
> 
> For example, you do not require a licence to use a TV connected to a
> DVD/video player or a home computer - as these are not broadcast TV
> signals.

Tell that to the judge.
If you have equipment that can receive TV signals, it'll be up to you to
prove you haven't been using it.
Personally, I don't the TV license is any more justifiable than a tax on
the use of toasters or fridges, but we don't live in a free country...

Colin f