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Re:Please do not write below the line by busterarm on Monday October 21, 2024 @04:07PM (#41907993)
In Japan the vast majority of people stopped paying their TV license after a string of NHK scandals and there's no penalty for failing to pay either.

It's just not enforced. Also the party platform wasn't to get rid of the license system but to encrypt the broadcast signal so that only willing NHK viewers would pay for the license.

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Re:Please do not write below the line by DrillShopper on Monday October 21, 2024 @04:19PM (#41908131)
The penalty for not paying the TV license is dealing with their harassment specialists (aka fee collectors)
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