http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/jun/18/do-you-need-tv-licence
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/599049/TV-Licence-jailed-England-BBC-fee-Scotland-fines
Holy shit I always thought it was a joke, people in the UK actually need a license to watch TV, If you are caught watching TV without a license you will be fined 1000$. If you don't pay 1000$ you will be put in jail.
How is the UK so cucked?
>>66572195
We have it too, they're even trying to apply it to people who don't watch tv and watch things online instead.
>>66572195
It's just a tax, and one that you don't have to pay to if you don't use the service.
>>66572195
half of europe has a tv licence
>>66572363
Oh you are hilarious.
>>66572363
And here we have a britworm defending his cuckoldry.
That didn't take long
>>66572408
Cheers, I wasn't even trying.
They need a warrant to enter your home, paying a bill is not a police matter so they never get one, if you own a TV and don't pay a license they can't find out unless they enter your home whilst you're watching, i.e. you invite them in for a brew and get caught red handed- it would never happen.
It pays for the BBC channel (the tax) which is just a left wing news bias machine, recently labelled 'pedo fund tax' after the Jimmy Savile controversy.
It's pretty ridiculous but really the brits have much bigger problems over there
>>66572745
Like American military bases
I always thought it was meme just like how brits thought Americans clapping in theaters was a meme.
>>66572627
They probably also monitor what signals are being sent into your house to see if you are illegally watching television. How's it feel knowing big brother knows everything you are watching?
>>66572396
This. Most European countries have a TV license in one form or another.
Either way, the whole issue is irrelevant. In any country with state-owned broadcasters (of which Canada is one), the government is taking money from taxpayers to fund it. The difference between Britain and Canada is that we have a specific tax for it, rather than it being indirectly funded by other taxes.
>>66574068
>paying $200 a year to watch TV
Brits will defend this.
>>66573284
>monitor what signals are being sent to your house
You didn't actually fall for that ruse did you?
In regards to 'Big Brother' I actually defend it. It may not prevent attacks but all of the public's actions are being recorded.
Being watched is a deterrent to committing crime; if you're foolish enough to still carry out said crime then you've a high chance of being caught because of the recording.
I assume you were referring to CCTV?
Also, why don't you like it? If someone accused you of doing something you didn't do and there's video evidence supporting your claim then you'd be over the moon, wouldn't you??
>>66573284
>They probably also monitor what signals are being sent into your house to see if you are illegally watching television.
That makes no sense. It's like saying they can monitor what radio station you're listening to. There is no exchange, your antenna is passively receiving signals, this is technically nonsense.
>>66574374
I'm not defending it. If it were up to me the TV license would be scrapped tomorrow. I'm simply stating that taxpayers' money is being used to fund any state-owned broadcasters, regardless of whether you're taxed directly to pay for it, or the broadcaster receives funding from government tax revenue.
>>66575017
Sorry didn't realize the UK still uses rabbit ears, because signals going through any kind of cable have an origin and a destination that can be easily tracked.
Chances are you pay for some sort of public service broadcasting through general taxation. So we essentially have an option to opt out of paying that if you choose not to use the service.
>>66576062
Why would a private company have access to this confidential data? They don't have government power or backing, they're inspectors which don't hold the authority of warrants, they must be invited into a person's home and these visits are unheard of, no one is hunted down by packs of dogs or grabbed by scary men in boiler suits and thrown into the back of vans, then water boarded until they confess.
It's to fund the global propaganda machine known as BBC
I thought this was obvious knowledge by know?
Also, nobody gets put in jail now as it's not a criminal matter but a civil one.
>>66572745
Like what? I can walk the streets at night without fearing being gunned down by Juan.
>>66576661
>Also, nobody gets put in jail now as it's not a criminal matter but a civil one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBwq_2e1XY
>>66572396
>>66574068
Everybody in this country can receive NPO 1, 2 and 3 aka Nederland 1, 2 and 3 for free. They're paid for from tax money, but there's no seperate license of any sort. I think Britain is one of the few countries that have that..
>>66572195
Give it time.
The BBC will be dead soon enough.
>>66577222
That's a fine and a bailiff visit, the police are there to make sure the warrant is carried out without any issues.
Shockingly, if you don't pay your bills you may get a visit from a bailiff.
