>It’s against the law to watch or record TV programmes as they're being shown on TV without a valid licence. This includes the use of devices such as a TV, computer, mobile phone, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder.

>Watching TV without a valid licence is a criminal offence. This can lead to prosecution, a court appearance and a fine of up to £1,000 (not including legal costs). The exceptions are in Guernsey where the maximum fine is £2,000 and Jersey it is £500.

>It costs £145.50 for a colour and £49.00 for a black and white TV Licence.

>Americans believing anything.
So what else is new?

I don't watch television, so no.

Pick up that can, mate.

fucking yuropoor.

>Watching TV without a valid license is a criminal offense

Black and white? People still have those?

Bloody hell, that's a real looking piece, innit.

>>20975578

what constitutes as "anti-social behavior"? Is it just a free ticket for the bobby's to fine you? Or beat the shit out of you?

Only in urope.

Seriously, urope is such a shitty country. They got retarded laws like this and call america poor? Way to go poorfags.

>>20975578
someone needs to shoop a nervous sadfrog into that pic. possibly with spaghetti

if I saw a "no anti-social behaviour allowed" sign in public I'd burst into treats

>>20975623
You realise that's been put there by some edgy teenager right.

Just gonna leave this here

Fookin' twats...reckon we have to cut our fish and chips with spoons again....

Amerifags just jelly that this license funds 7+ (can't be bothered checking) TV channels and 40+ national and local radio stations that run without any advertisements at all. But yeah, enjoy getting 40 minutes of the actual show for every hour of TV you watch.

>>20975633

Mentions shit laws (which to be fair it is) and equates this with prosperity. Typical amerifag.

So how's that cigarette papers being "drug paraphernalia" treating you?

>less adverts than merican media
>less product placement everywhere because our TV is non-profit
>I prefer British TV to american stuff anyway
I'm not complaining.

>>20975650
>TV licenses half off if you're blind or severly sight impaired
>You have to prove it
HOLY FUCK I CAN'T SEE
>Here you go

>>20975545
live at home so its not me paying but family, second year of uni we didn't watch tv as it was shit signal, first year.......

>>20975671
Accusing americans of being short-sighted and prone to jump into conclusions without finding out facts first is kind of futile.

>>20975671

This. I wouldn't mind paying a lincese fee over here if it ment that all these fucking adds would go away.

>>20975633
TV licence is pretty much just to pay for the BBC

No I watch my shit on an unfiltered internet.
I also refuse to pay for the right to watch tv whenever I choose.

No because I don't live in britain. I live in holland and I can still watch all BBC channels for a package costing 10 euro's per month. Jelly?

Besides Top Gear there isn't anything worth watching on though.

>>20975650

>have to have a TV license
>CANNOT EVEN FUCKING WATCH TV

>>20975659
Do yanks really think you can't buy guns anywhere but Murrikka?

>license to watch tv
>can't buy knifes without special permission
...

>>tv license
>>criminal not to have one
>>mfw

>>20975741

Britfag, I went in to Homebase recently to buy a sledgehammer, and got ID'd.

I said "You know this is a construction tool right?"

Seriously, how often do you hear about sledgehammer crime?

>Watch Sky on my laptop
>Pay Sky a shitload to get their service
>Still have to pay a TV License despite the fact they provide NO fucking service whatsoever now that the analogue signal is gone.
>Basically paying for the BBC, which is dogshit.

The only thing I'm okay with is BBC Radio, but even then the amount you have to pay is ridiculous.

>tv in britfagia

http://www.tvspots.tv/video/40803/MOTHERS-AGAINST-GUNS--TOYS-THAT-KILL

>>20975737
only the best ones thirdworldfag, enjoy bleeding to death while your gf is raped in front of you because your not legally allowed to own a gun but that didn't stop your criminals

Why the FUCK do you need a TV license if you don't watch TV, do not own a TV, or are blind? That's just fucking extortion, not a license.

It would be like everyone in the US being required to have a gun license even if they don't have a fucking gun. Or everyone must buy car insurance even if they don't have a car or drive.

Shit, they have devices that can tell if you have a tv in your house. So you're pretty much fucked then.

>>20975545

Haven't paid mine in 9 years, no visits but plenty of 'Occupier' letters.

>>20975797

You don't need to have one unless you watch TV, either on a television or a computer.

>>20975737
No, we know cool places in yurop have guns, but in the us the uk is the notorious butt of every joke when it comes to gun control.

>>20975797

You don't have to have one if you don't own a TV. Have you even read this thread properly. I mean I know Amerifags don't into reading comprehension much but fuck me you're a retard.

>Watching the tube without a television license
>Jolly constable comes knocking
>Get thrown in the lou

God save the queen, right /tv/?

>>20975797

TV licenses fund the impartiality of the BBC, which is ironically probably the only news station in the world that's considered trustworthy.

>>20975797
>Why the FUCK do you need a TV license if you don't watch TV, do not own a TV, or are blind?

you don't

people in america seem to think this is like a gun license or something, when it's really just a way of paying for the BBC

>>20975840
Why? Almost everyone I know, owns a gun.

Whenever I tell people about tv licenses, they refuse to believe me. They insist its just an urban legend.

>>20975782
HOLY SHIT
THAT FEAR MONGERING

>>20975881
It doesn't matter. Like your fucked up teeth, even if your nation arms itself to the teeth the stereotype will still persist.

>Enforcement officers may use a hand-held detection device to measure both the direction and the strength of a TV signal. This makes it easy for us to locate TV receiving equipment in even the hardest-to-reach places.
BULLSHIT

>>20975872
What do you mean when you say a gun license?

>>20975867

>BBC
>trustworthy

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS

>this thread

In Sweden, it's only two channels that go under the tv license, but if we have a tv in the house, we HAVE to pay for them. Doesn't matter if the tv isn't even hooked up to cable, like if you just use it for video games. And we can't "cancel" those two channels to avoid the license. Also, only old people watch those channels.

>>20975951
ahahah that picture

>>20975867
>TV licenses fund the impartiality of the BBC
You're PAYING THE GOVERNMENT TO NOT LIE TO YOU. Don't you see how fucked up that is?
Also that money goes to fund fictional television shows as well.

http://www.tvlicenceresistance.info/bbc-wastes-more-of-your-cash-on-100-leaving-parties/

And anyone who thinks they're impartial is delusional.

>Jessi Slaughter

BAHAHAHAA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c00y3/Panorama_Hunting_the_Internet_Bullies/

>>20975968
same here in italy, only if you don't pay you get put on a list so whenever you want a government service they take that on to the bill EVERY TIME

>>20975545
We don't pay that shit.

We had a few letters and they have stopped.

I'm not paying to watch utter shit that is 95% of British television. Pic related, its when they find us guilty of television thought crime.

ITT: Amerifats jelly of our privileges that come with the tv licence. Be warned, all of this is covered in the TV licence

We've got
>superior tv shows
Dr Who, Office, etc

>superior news
BBC news nuff said

>no ads
speaks for itself

Enjoy your shitty TV AND shitty ads. At least we get the best TV in the world

>>20976012

>superior tv shows
Dr Who, Office, etc
>Not Doctor Who
>superior
yeah the Christmas special was awesome if you are 3 years old

how can the bbc tell if i'm watching tv on my computer?

>>20976012
>>20976032
doctor who sucks dick, and that is my genuine opinion, no trolling

>>20976032

Yeah, The Office was great but Channel 4 was the home of good British comedy for a long, long time. It probably still is.

>Those 90s
>Spaced
>Father Ted
>Brass Eye
>Your BBC money will never go towards funding something as funny as The Fast Show or Alan Partridge again.

>>20976012

lol... get all of that no license fee. Jeesus you're dumb.

>>20975772

What's even more interesting is that the BBC must pay SKY for the privilege of re-broadcasting their channels.

So no matter how you look at it, if you watch TV (legally) you're giving BSKYB (and thus Rupert Murdoch, now) money.

I remember seeing a picture of a billboard in England from some TV authority saying something like 'three people in this town haven't bought their license' and bellow this somebody wrote with spray paint 'maybe that's because they have lives'

Does anyone have that pic?

>>20975983

About half as fucked up as paying for Fox News to lie to you.

>>20975636

>>20976082

>Does anyone have that pic?

No. But i have another similar one which showcases british retardedness quite well, to be honest

>Needing a TV license for a mobile phone

AHAHAHA, Britain, why you so full retard?

i dont think its possible to watch the news on the BBC without falling asleep in the first 5 minutes. its just like robots reading words with absolutely no emotion.

>>20976103

oh.my.god.

>http://tv-licensing.blogspot.com/

>Realise that TV Licensing is essentially an aggressive business and you have no legal right to ever contact them

>Realise that even though TVL tell you that they'll find out if you stream live TV online, the only way that'll happen is if your internet service provider tells them which is an illegal breach of trust

>Realise that you never have any legal need to talk to TVL if you don't want live TV

>>20976082

ask and ye shall receive

>>20976103
>>20976082
Here's a collection of British stupidity.

>Britfags think we can't find every BBC program in NA
>Britfags think anyone watches an actual television and has to watch commercials

yeah naw

>>20976103
>downloading something for free
>funds terrorism
How? Because they make money from file sharing sites? Or from torrents?

>needing a license to be able to watch TV

are you even trying Yuropoors

>>20976103

That's a photoshop. The original is referring to CCTV.

idk how tv works on AMERICA! or europe

but here in 3rd world country, it's filled with ads, fullshit of ads

but it's free to watch

Hey amerifats ready for 30000 freedom drones securing your freedom?

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-08/news/31036604_1_drones-unmanned-aircraft-new-bill

>>20976211
North America = 20 min tv shows 10 min ads, 1.5 hour movies, 30 min ads.

>>20976164
What does that even mean? Of course people watch television...

Haven't watched TV since 2004

Canada fag here, I listen to BBC radio at work sometimes. Shit is pretty cash.

>>20976219
Peta is already protesting it because it disrupts birds. They may be retards, but sometimes they can be manipulated into doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.

>>20975659
Yes, I have a fully automatic, suppressed Mac 10 in my closet right now. Its awesome.
After the global economic collapse I'll be set.

>>20976120
That's how I like my news. American news reporters put too much emphasis on the horrors or wonders of whatever they are reporting. Pisses me off.

>TV licence

>>20976219
>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8fe_1328502418
>A Camden resident attempted to walk through his garden on the evening of 4th February 2012, only to hear a voice bellowing over a public loudspeaker telling him he was entering a restricted area.

hey britfags, how does it feel to know that the government is so paranoid of every single one of you inbred ugly retards, that they put a surveillance camera virtually everywhere?
freedom isn't even a word to you eurotrash

>>20976281
>public loudspeaker
>blatently private property

Uh huh...

>kinder egg thread
>murricans: "OH YEAH, WELL AT LEAST X IS LEGAL OVER HERE"

Americans have already set precedent that this straw man fallacy is acceptable, so I will do the same.

Oh yeah, well at least we have kinder eggs
Oh yeah, well at least we have haggis
Oh yeah, well at least we have free good healthcare
Oh yeah, well at least most people don't have to fill in tax returns every year (seriously, wtf?)

>>20976308

>Oh yeah, well at least we have haggis

>>20976308
>free healthcare
Nope

>>20976308
We pay to have people do our taxes for us. It's called H&R Block.

>>20976308
>allowing your children to eat small toys and choke to death
>YUROP AND CANADA

>>20976304
>blatently private property
no. it was the community garden for the residents that live in those buildings.
also it doesn't change the fact that there are still cameras EVERYWHERE in London.
enjoy your paranoia courtesy of your own government. but the good news is that you don't have to pay for a licence for your ugliness.

>england will never have as delicious beer as america now makes

All these shots against the US's TV being shit with the shows being shit and the ads don't get to me. I know it's shit, and I would gladly pay that fee if I could watch my shows without being smashed over the head with ads every 6 minutes. Fuck, a standard half-hour show nowadays is only 19 minutes, 18 if you count title/credits. Not even 2/3 of the show is actual show.

And I don't even watch much TV.

>>20976372
What's wrong with having cameras everywhere?

>Live in Ireland.
>Had to pay a TV license to fund shitty national TV channels.
>SUDDENLY RECESSION
>Government decides to force even people who don't own a TV to buy a TV license.
>mfw
True story.

meh, I like the brits. special relationship. bros forever.

>>20976384
>a standard half-hour show nowadays is only 19 minutes
Nope, its pretty much universally 22 minutes

TV is shit, and being forced to pay for it is even more shit.

You know god damn well that most regular programming sucks cocks.

>>20976392
>recession
>mick gubmint forces its potato farming populace to pay more in taxes

>mfw the TV license goons tried to search my student flat for a TV, but I told them they would need a warrant and they left

Fuck the police

>>20976308

American tax returns aren't like British ones, dumbass. They're "tax refunds", they get free money if they fill them in. British ones are just reports filed by business owners.

>>20976436
How are they ever going to fix the economy if they don't raise taxes and deter people from buying things?

MFW I DON'T PAY FOR LICENSE
COS I DON'T EVEN WATCH TV
I HAVE NO FACE

Wasn't this exact same thread on /v/ not too long ago? With all the same copypasta and images too?

People are finding out about this now.

Never got the hint if you tried to stream BBC?

>>20976308
>Oh yeah, well at least most people don't have to fill in tax returns every year (seriously, wtf?)
Took less than 20 minutes to fill that shit out and I got a $1100 refund. u mad?

>needing a license to watch television

Wait, they're joking right?

>mfw I've never paid for a tv license
>mfw I get letters asking for contact to confirm I have no tv at my address
>mfw I ignore them
>mfw once a guy from tv licensing knocked my door asking to come in
>mfw I told him to fuck off and slammed the door
>mfw they have no legal power whatsoever
>mfw I know for a fact the police will not waste an officer investigating possible tv license evasion

How beta do you have to be to actually pay your tv license? Seriously, not paying will have no ramifications as long as you don't choke if they send someone to your house.

Although do keep paying it, chaps, so I can continue watching glorious advertisment-free BBC free of charge.

>>20976154
If I saw that in my town I would fucking tear that shit down. Stupid scare tactics.

>live in Texas
>my face if someone tried to trick me into letting them search my apartment

>>20976533
Oh that's right, I forgot BBC has no ads...

It's funny because here in Ireland our channels all do have ads and we STILL have to pay for a license. Fuckers.

>>20976497
but what happens if you don't fill it out? You go to prison and get your arse destroyed by Bubba the rapist, that's what

lol cool freedom faggot

Japan has a tv license for NHK channels and they don't even produce good drama. Japanese don't complain about it

>>20976533
We'll see who's laughing when they drag you to the Tower of London.

>People not knowing you don't have to pay because every time they send an inspector round you aren't legally required to allow them to enter.

>>20976564
No, if you don't fill it out you just don't get any money back

>Watch an american (I think, it was Fox or FX or something) channel, showing the walking dead
>fucking break every 10-15 minutes
>go to BBC
>ads are shorter, not as shitty

You can choose not to buy it, it's just well....illegal in some ways.
Pretty sure you can watch most of the BBC stuff online, aswell as others such as channel 4.

Also, kinder eggs are awesome. Shame about that one fatass who never understoof the 'surprise' part.

>>20976546

>Paid your health insurance this month amerifats

>mfw most of Europe has TV licencing but people only focus on Britain.

Why? There's other countries in Europe you know?

>>20976591
Walkijg Dead was on AMC and had no commercials.

Yiu have no excuse for living in a third world country

>>20976610
Unless you are unemployed your employer pays it for you

>>20976377
This, it must truly suck for them

>be american
>see thread about TV licences
>reading the word licence, i instantly realise that this inferior country has a secret police force which beat OAPs and extract thousands of british dollars from them for the weekly TV licence
>dig out my best reaction image, green text the words "TV licence" and post
>i have successfully proved my superiority and contributed to a discussion

seriously though, i don't have any big qualms with the system, other than the ridiculous scare tactics they employ and all the money they waste. website related, they're basically powerless: http://www.bbctvlicence.com/

the BBC is the closest you will get to an impartial network, and the licence covers a ton of radio stations, shows and news sources. everything i want from the BBC i get for free, i listen to it for free and watch what i want, when i want, with no ads

it's easy to judge a complex system by the fact it's called a licence, but please try not to embarrass your country by doing it

>>20975569
Why would you pay TV License if you have a PC and only watch shows from USA / outside UK? It says TV lic., I thought it only payed for BBC. What if you pay for SKY, wouldn't the SKY service have already paid the licensing for BBC?

>>20976617
Because this is an english language website and most people here are American/Canadian or British/Irish

>>20976617

Countries with TV licences:

Albania
Austria
Belgium (Walloon Region and Brussels Region)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Israel
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Pakistan
Ghana
Mauritius
Namibia
South Africa
Brazil

>UK
>Get away with paying TV licence since inspectors legally need a warrant to enter house
>No ads on BBC channels

USA
>Have to pay health insurance or be left in the street to die or with crippling debts
>Consumption of alcohol under the age of 21 illegal
>Jewsmedia advertising every 5 minutes of television

Think I know which I'd choose.

I have to say, Welsh is one of the ugliest looking languages ever. It's up there with Icelandic and any and all Eskimo languages.

>>20976663
stopped reading during the second greentext line


I can smell your rotting mouth from here, maybe that gum disease has gone to your brain too?

Remember that hilarious thread that 4chan had (every board it seemed like)

Where England pleaded to America for help with the Iran thing, and everybody laughed at them?

>England

>pay £2 a week tv license
>get free healthcare

haha stupid amerifats

>top 10 most educated countries
>America at # 3 or 4
>Wngland behind New Zealand near the bottom

In all seriousness though, Britain is a much better country than America.

>>20976769
Good times.

>>20976769
>believing a news story which doesn't name its sources

Oh you gullible ameriflabs. Welcome to the British media

>>20976805
At?

>>20976805
Britain is better than the America south, but the rest of America is way better than Britain

>>20976825
Being a livable country.

>>20976796
Source?

>>20976805
It's still pretty shit though.