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Re:The $55M saga of the Netflix series nobody will never see by tolien on Sunday November 26, 2023 @11:12AM (#38422672)
>> as they're broadcast

That’s the key. Don’t watch live TV, no license fee required.

This part from you:

> You have to pay it if you watch or record any TV broadcast and that includes streaming

Total bollocks.

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Re:The $55M saga of the Netflix series nobody will never see by nvm0n2 on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:57AM (#38429889)
"Live TV" includes streamed live TV and "broadcast TV" is always considered to be licensable.

You can avoid the license fee only if you watch exclusively internet streamers like Netflix which aren't TV channels. Which means: no TV news or sport. Pretty major components of why people watch TV to begin with.

But this is well into straw men territory. This thread started with me saying that the tax-based structure of the BBC lets it ignore sci-fi. Now you're arguing that you don't have to pay the tax if you are willing to forego the benefits of live TV, which is a point I readily concede because it's irrelevant to the one I made.

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