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Trouble is with so many repeats on so many channels I expect the programme you want to watch is being aired somewhere the same time as you are watching it!

According to TV licensing:

"It makes no difference how you watch TV - whether it's on your laptop, PC or mobile phone or through a digital box, DVD recorder or TV set - if you use any device to receive television programmes as they're being shown on TV, the law requires you to be covered by a TV Licence.

You will not need a TV Licence to view video clips on the internet, as long as what you are viewing is not being shown on TV at the same time as you are viewing it."

It has become very much a minefield in recent years!

lol Kaz I wouldnt have mine done either cos I hate being filmed and you dont really want to be telling everyone to bog off on ya wedding day lol

was bad enough having to have photos taken!

no probs errol, i'll let me brother know, his been quite upset since having the letter through, then again this will upset tooo....
he plays the radio.... gawd,
blimmy jax, good job i didnt record my wedding......lol
kaz xxxx

Let's not confuse a PRS licence and a TV licence.

Kaz
You only need the television licence (it doesn't apply to radio at all) if you use the computer and internet to view programmes at the same time as they are being broadcast to normal TV. Otherwise the business does not need one. You DO NOT need a licence to use the internet - honestly!

I used to run the family video shop and we had to have a licence to watch films in the shop and to play music, cant remember how much it cost us.

Mind when ya think of it you have to have a licence now if you want to make a video of your wedding due to the music played at it.

make your own music............. sounds good to me, some of the garbage i hear i know i could do better....pmsl..
errol hun, i'm afraid its right, you need a tv licence to use internet, my brothers up in arms at mo, his buisness has internet and they sent him a tv licence through as he has the internet, their reply was you can get radio, tv through it............ they seem to want to get money from you for everything.....
kaz xxx
sorry errol takes me ages to type, this law just makes no sence.......xxxx

Sorry - I see what you mean.

Basically, the law says that anyone who uses a device to receive TV signals (this includes a TV card in a computer if you have one, a video/DVD/hard drive recorder and set top boxes) must obtain a licence.

However, as far as computers are concerned, this only applies to live broadcasts or if you are using your computer to watch programmes at the same time as they are being broadcast to normal television.

And you can legally watch downloadable clips and archived programmes without purchasing a licence.

Also, the law over licences and computers only applies if you are watching content from a television station which is broadcasting from with the UK.

errol that isnt what i meant..what i meant was...to come on sites that advertise or watch programmes via yr p.c an internt you are supposed to have a t,v licence

Since when have you needed a licence to use the internet?
I think that is incorrect.
The PRS rules have been in place for many years - and so they should be. If you invented something would you be quite happy for everyone to use it for free? Certainly not! It is exactly the same with music and intellectual property - if someone writes a piece of music then why shouldn't they be paid for it? For example, for years pubs etc have had to have a licence - you will often see the PRS poster/sticker.

yes its true and stupid. you have to own a lisence

cost about £70 or £80

might be more now

think there is a high possibility that it is..pmsl

Me too....

Best get penning some lyrics then......


Is 'Old Macdonald' Copyrighted dyu know....??

bugger!!..lol

Well think its gonna have to be the karaoke(sp) machine option then hun..x

That wouldn't work for me.....I double up as the receptionist....so need to listen out for phone...

now thats another law hun they cant just sack ya any more...lol

do ya not have an ipod??...solves the prob an ya dont have to listern to others chattin to ya..Lol

Either that or I'll get the sack...pmsl

Pmsl....you do right hun!!

I'm going to take a karioke machine in tomorrow n make my own songs up n broadcast it over the tannoy system..................the boss will have no choice but to get a licence then...pmsl