always many just
Seems lots of people aren't so bored....
"The interesting thing about the TV Licensing Authoritiy's desperate attempts to get their head around the displacements of terrestrial signals with IP streaming is that they fundamentally fail to understand the technology they're dealing with. To quote your article: "If at any time you are watching TV over the Internet at the same time as it is being broadcast you require a licence - and that includes Internet streaming," she said.
OK, it's not proper procedure, butYou don't know this. But my father was beaten pooless and had his face stood on by size 10 boots (the imprint was on his face and neck on the police surgeons photos...
Fab for us :) So we just turn on the time shift facility in most PC based TV tuners and we don't have to have a licence? Cool, I'll timeshift by 20 seconds thanks.
But such a statement is pretty dumb, because it muddies the water considerably and shows that the TVLA is being misleading.
Time-shifting isn't permitted at all if you are the one consuming and making the recording of a broadcast. The TVLA shouldn't imply that just broadcasts "at the same time" require licences, and implicitly that those recordings that are later viewed do not.
The BBC is streaming the football via Real Media, and tuning into the stream does NOT require a licence. The TVLA's quote implying that internet streaming does require a license is again, misleading... it only applies to a broadcast signal.
The licensing rules are explicitly clear that you require a licence as soon as you "consume a broadcast television signal". This means that if you have *and use* a device capable of receiving the broadcast signal, such as a TV, a TV tuner card, etc... than yes you require a licence.
MG ZSWell, you say that. But Fiat are backed by the Wop government, so it's by no means an easy one to call. Especially given...
But the BBC stream via Real Media is *not* the broadcast signal. It does *not* require a TV tuner. And the TV license does *not* broadly apply to all internet streaming and consumption of video of the world cup, even in real time (or as close as streaming gets).
It's a lot bloody clearer than what is usually spouted from the font of misinformation known as the TVLA!"
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