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Article #22164Re: Television detection.
From: I. Sutherland
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 10:07
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 10:07
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In article <1273@otc.otca.oz> brendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones) writes:
>in article <2981@servax0.essex.ac.uk>, zotog@sersun0.essex.ac.uk (Zotos G) says:
>> In UK they use a system (detector, presumably a sort of receiver) to detect
>> a non-licence TV household.
>
>Is this true???? I can't believe that you still need a licence in the UK to
>own a TV set (or perhaps use one?). TV licences were scrapped in Australia
After some court case the judge in question ruled that a license was
required for owning a device capable of TV reception, whether you actually
watch it or not is immaterial.
As for being done for it - it does happen an the minimum fine is 200 pounds
sterling.
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Iain A. Sutherland JANET:sutherla@uk.ac.hw.ee
B.Eng. Elec.Eng. IV ARPA:sutherla@ee.hw.ac.uk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!hwcs!hwee!sutherla From: sutherla@hwee.UUCP (I. Sutherland) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Television detection. Message-ID: <692@hwee.UUCP> Date: 2 Feb 90 10:07:47 GMT References: <2981@servax0.essex.ac.uk> <1273@otc.otca.oz> Reply-To: sutherla@hwee (I. Sutherland) Organization: Heriot-Watt University, Electrical Eng. Lines: 19