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SamuelRSmith on 20 May 2012
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richardhutnik said:
SamuelRSmith said:
richardhutnik said:
spurgeonryan said:
I did not read any of the comments here.

I think it will help curb obesity like Sin tax has helped curb alcohol and Cigarettes. It feels too good to be fat, other than all the bad looks, aches and pains in your body and probably possible health problems. I am sure there are just the same amount of addicting ingredient in food and drinks ( caffiene, Cocoa) as there are in Cigarettes. All this will actually help is the government get more money to waste. We should tax watching TV too much as well.

In Britain, there is a television tax actually.  Yes, you need to pay the government for the right to watch television broadcasts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom


Yeah, our Government loves permits and licenses.

Ahh, you are from the U.K.  So, does the license still apply if one is doing  videogame stuff?   If one just wants to play a PS3 or 360, can they?  If so, how does one do this, get a monitor to hook your system up to?


You don't need a license to own a TV. Under the law, all you need a license for is live broadcasts of BBC content - so, the BBC TV channels, or watching live TV on the BBC's website (I'm not sure if their radio broadcasts are included). You can watch pre-recorded BBC content without a license (this is due to the law coming into existence before on-demand, and all that).

HOWEVER, if the TV license have reason to suspect you've watched BBC content without a license, they can fine you. They do not need to prove you have watched it, you need to prove that you have not. This is exceptionally difficult to prove. I remember one case, where the guy got away with it because he was able to prove that his TV was physically incapable of picking up BBC broadcasts.