Iplayer and the license fee

Iplayer and the license fee (UPDATE)

From 1/9/2016 they are expecting people to pay to watch catch up services. This is something I am totally against, in fact I have just cancelled my license from the beginning of the month. Anything I watch is by catch up service but not the BBC.

If they turn up at my door they are going to be asked to show me on the spot evidence of watching a TV and explain how they got the evidence. They will also be asked to produce all, or any, court papers claiming they have got the right to access the information, in short a warrant. If they ask me to sign anything saying it is just to say I am not watching TV I will refuse after saying I want to read every word on anything I am asked to sign.

Their sneaky tactic is to ask to come in or claim they have a legal right to enter, I dealt with them years ago by actually hitting one that tried to enter my flat, he called the police but I had evidence that what he said was bullshit. It clearly showed him trying to push me into the flat before he lost 3 teeth and smashed his phone, it still worked though. The police cautioned him, saying that if they were called out again he would be arrested. 

If, as they claim, have the ability to show a person is using the site without a license then they had better be able to show beyond all reasonable doubt how they did it, and in plain English. They will be asked to explain how their surveillance equipment works and how it was that was watching at the time. They would also be asked to explain how it determines the BBC feeds from channel 4/5 ITV or any other subscription service, again they would be asked for the plain English version, no technical words. 

They would try the confidential information route, possibly, to which I would reply "So you are offering no evidence and the person denies the claim made against them." If they want to use any evidence the other side, the accused must also have access to it, if they don't then it cannot be used or taken into account in the decision. Before all that though I would issue a counter claim against them for a lot more than they could ever impose as a fine. They fine a person £1000 you counter claim £11,000 plus costs and walk off over £10,000 up. 

They are more likely to back off and send the occasional demand for money which you reply by sending your demand for payment of the money you claimed against them when they tried their bullshit excuse to say it was confidential how they detected you.

It all boils down to how can they prove the person appearing on the day was the one watching, if there was ever anyone watching, without getting inside the home of the person and they have no rights of access so they cannot prove anything even if and everyone knows someone who has a TV license so if you sit outside on a warm day you could give that address as your home but as you would be watching on something that is not plugged in just tell them to FOXTROT OSCAR. 

Well it's 6 months since I dumped the TV license, have I missed it? like fuck I have I have watched more content  on non BBC catch up than ever and netflix and Amazon prime content than I would ever watch otherwise! All thanks to one download KODI  
Although you can get sky and BT channels there is enough content for just films from HERE
The EXODUS add on gives FILMS and SERIES going back to the 60's, used to be late 50's but some content can be found in a search for the show if you know the name some content may say it's found episodes but say no streams when clicked it's best to go to the next episode if after two or three tries you get the same result! One I cannot wait for is I Daniel Blake, I wish I had wrote something like this because the Daniel Blake Character would have been stirring up the shit at a tribunal hearing, make no mistakes about that. But seriously download KODI and give the TV license the FINGER all the series they put on TV are able to be seen on KODI even an Amazon Fire stick will accept a KODI download. So there we have it.

I have one tip for those going this route tell them over 6 months in advance you will not be renewing the license once it expires as you may find you only get a three month refund and to take no more payments from your account but to let the license expire from when you will be watching no more live TV