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Re:Please do not write below the line by hypeatei on Monday October 21, 2024 @08:50PM (#41910119)
> hiding our TV in the closet as students whenever the license people came down the street

There are people going door-to-door to check TV licenses? Are they cops, what kind of power do they have? Seems extremely annoying and dystopian.

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Re:Please do not write below the line by _Wintermute on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @04:49AM (#41912402)
They have zero power, it's just a man with a clipboard asking to have a look around your house, the correct response is to shut the door in their face.

They rely on a uniform and vague threatening language to trick people into thinking they have any authority.

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Re:Please do not write below the line by Doxin on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:09AM (#41912509)
Not a UK citizen, but from previous discussions on the topic:

> There are people going door-to-door to check TV licenses?

yes

> Are they cops?

no

> what kind of power do they have?

none. I mean write you a fine if you admit to illegally watching TV I guess. But as far as I've been told you can have the TV on and visible to the guy and go "nah that's an aquarium" and be fine.

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