RE: TV licensing legality of a SlingBox ??

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You absolutely sure about that?

I've got away with not having a TV license for several years (before I
aquired wife and sprog who do watch terrestrial TV) in the past by having a
video projector (no tuner), DVD player (no tuner), Laserdisc player (no
tuner) and semi-pro Panasonic S-VHS VCR (again, no tuner).

I was always told that it was the fact that I had nothing with a receiver
built in that meant I didn't have to have a license.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Mal Lansell
> Sent: 15 June 2006 13:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] TV licensing legality of a SlingBox ??
>
> The licence is required for the device that is displaying a
> TV program - so a PC streaming TV from the web would require
> a licence, even if it doesn't have a tuner card.  However, I
> don't think the Slingbox itself would need to be covered by a
> licence, since it has no display (although there may be
> copyright issues with rebroadcasting a show across the internet).
>
> Mal
>
>
>
>
> Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>
> > I was extolling the virtues of a SlingBox to somebody
> yesterday ( a JP
> > who doesn't own a TV) as they would be interested in watching the
> > World Cup and they have a family who could provide the source.
They
> > asked me what the legality of such a solution would be with
> regard to
> > TV licensing. I believe the TV license is applied to the
> building (or
> > room in rented cases) that the viewer is located - or is it
perhaps
> > where the TV receiver is ... Now PC World didn't ask me my
address
> > when I bought the SlingBox so I'm guessing they are not obliged
to
> > inform TV Licensing
> > - but that doesn't make sense either as it does contain a
> FreeView TV
> > receiver.
> >
> > So what does anyone think of the legality of receiving a
> streamed TV
> > program at an address that doesn't have a TV licence, if say it
was
> > streamed from home (or in this case their sons home) ? I'm
guessing
> > it's not legal....and if so does that extend to not being legal
to
> > watch a Slongbox that you own and located at your own home
> but viewed
> > elsewhere. Do you think this person could buy (own) the
> Slingbox and
> > place it elsewhere and watch it at home ?
> >
> > K
> >
> >
>
>
>
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