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From: jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: TV Lisence
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 16:26:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 16:26:55 1985
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>  In Britain the ownership of a	 TELEVISION  set  is  strictly
>  controlled.

Actually, ownership of a TV is not controlled at all.  You can own as many as
you want.  You must buy a license to use the TV, however.  This is because
the BBC is supported by these fees, as well as gov't subsidy (putting a greater
burden of providing the service on those that use it).  The BBC as a result
does not require commercials.  Given a choice of paying $75/year (I beleive
the present fee for a colour TV is 56 pounds) or watching 16-20 minutes of
comercials/hour, I'd pay the money.

PS  Monty Python's Cat Dectector Van was a spoof of the TV Detector Vans in
use at the time.  Or so I've been told.
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