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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.
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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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