Comments for World Domination... one day at a time http://www.take-over-the-world.com Ruling with an iron fist since 1975 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:01:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by sweetlouis http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-3308 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:30:48 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-3308 It is not fair that we have to pay over £125 every single year in order to legally be allowed to use it, irrespective of whether you make use of it or the services provided by the BBC. It is not fair that we have to pay over £125 every single year in order to legally be allowed to use it, irrespective of whether you make use of it or the services provided by the BBC.

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by TV Licence Fee http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-3261 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:22:54 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-3261 its high time we stood up and told them where to shove it its high time we stood up and told them where to shove it

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by Andy http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2996 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:24:57 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2996 Stuart - I'm not denying that the BBC make good programmes, provide a good service, or should be maintained. What I am saying is that a tax on the ownership of a specific device is no longer an appropriate way to draw funding for output which is no longer the sole or majority purpose of that device. Personally I'd be happy to pay a subscription for some BBC content (mostly the BBC website, BBC1 and BBC2, with maybe BBC3 and BBC4 thrown in for novelty value, but you can keep BBC radio as I don't listen to it). Your point about paying for Sky is exactly what I'm on about - you have to pay the license fee on top of your Sky subscription in order to legally use your TV to just watch subscription channels on Sky. The current TV License fee is absolutely inappropriate as a charging model for a modern BBC. Stuart - I’m not denying that the BBC make good programmes, provide a good service, or should be maintained. What I am saying is that a tax on the ownership of a specific device is no longer an appropriate way to draw funding for output which is no longer the sole or majority purpose of that device.

Personally I’d be happy to pay a subscription for some BBC content (mostly the BBC website, BBC1 and BBC2, with maybe BBC3 and BBC4 thrown in for novelty value, but you can keep BBC radio as I don’t listen to it).

Your point about paying for Sky is exactly what I’m on about - you have to pay the license fee on top of your Sky subscription in order to legally use your TV to just watch subscription channels on Sky.

The current TV License fee is absolutely inappropriate as a charging model for a modern BBC.

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by Stuart http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2977 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:22:15 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2977 I think the TV licence is completely just - the BBC provide some second to none programming - Dr Who, Planet Earth, Heroes, Newsnight (advert free), the best radio stations in the world (all advert free), what most people would regard as the world's best online news website (again, advert free). £125 breaks down to just over £10/month for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC World, BBC HD, All BBC radio stations, BBC News 24, CBBC, and the other childrens CBBC channel plus loads more - people pay well over £20/month to Sky and get 500 channels of advert riddled dribble. Think how often you listen to the radio, go to news.bbc.co.uk, or watch the BBC TV channels - I'm glad we have that, rather than in America where everything has adverts every 5-10mins. I think the TV licence is completely just - the BBC provide some second to none programming - Dr Who, Planet Earth, Heroes, Newsnight (advert free), the best radio stations in the world (all advert free), what most people would regard as the world’s best online news website (again, advert free).

£125 breaks down to just over £10/month for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC World, BBC HD, All BBC radio stations, BBC News 24, CBBC, and the other childrens CBBC channel plus loads more - people pay well over £20/month to Sky and get 500 channels of advert riddled dribble.

Think how often you listen to the radio, go to news.bbc.co.uk, or watch the BBC TV channels - I’m glad we have that, rather than in America where everything has adverts every 5-10mins.

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by Carl http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2940 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:10:59 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-2940 Just don't let the licensing officer through the door, They cannot do you until they actually lay eyes on the TV recieving the signal and confirm your name. This approach has worked for me for over a decade, I have never paid for a TV license and although I get knocks on the door approx once a month you just wave to them through the window. They can't do shit. Just don’t let the licensing officer through the door, They cannot do you until they actually lay eyes on the TV recieving the signal and confirm your name. This approach has worked for me for over a decade, I have never paid for a TV license and although I get knocks on the door approx once a month you just wave to them through the window.

They can’t do shit.

]]> Comment on Why, oh why, CSI? by roryok http://www.take-over-the-world.com/csi-techno-bollocks/#comment-818 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/csi-techno-bollocks/#comment-818 holy crap I think you're me from the future! Just did a search for reverse Ip lookup after seeing that episode and yelling at the screen a lot. its just so stoopid. remember when CSI miami and vegas were about equal? Now vegas has developed into a half-decent character show, and Miami has degenerated into a blockbuster tv show full of pseudo science, one liners, and explosions. I'm just waiting for them to hire pamela anderson as a CSI holy crap

I think you’re me from the future! Just did a search for reverse Ip lookup after seeing that episode and yelling at the screen a lot.

its just so stoopid. remember when CSI miami and vegas were about equal? Now vegas has developed into a half-decent character show, and Miami has degenerated into a blockbuster tv show full of pseudo science, one liners, and explosions. I’m just waiting for them to hire pamela anderson as a CSI

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by steven http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-551 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:51:32 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-551 i would like to know when they are going to get ride of the tv licence as it does nothing any more except extract money from people illegally! for no perpose! apart from extortion! its wrong and not just as we still have to pay for things like sky and pay per view and when the digital comes out we will still have to pay get ride of the licence i would like to know when they are going to get ride of the tv licence as it does nothing any more except extract money from people illegally! for no perpose! apart from extortion!

its wrong and not just as we still have to pay for things like sky and pay per view and when the digital comes out we will still have to pay get ride of the licence

]]> Comment on Top o’ the world, ma! by Parsons http://www.take-over-the-world.com/made-guy/#comment-27 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:02:10 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/made-guy/#comment-27 It's an exclusive club, hehe. It’s an exclusive club, hehe.

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by Andy http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-5 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:45:09 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-5 Exactly. The key issue is the burden of proof of "de-tuning". Not being connected to an aerial is irrellevant - a TV still has a tuner and can pick up TV programmes without being connected to what is essentially a big wire. Basically if you get "caught" and use the "only use it for Xbox and it's not tuned in to TV channels" justification then you will have a very hard time making it fly. And that's what I object to - the very fact that we are having this discussion is due to the vagueries and technicalities of the system. It all comes back to the issue of how the funding is derived. It is no longer relevant to base the charging model for the BBC on ownership of a device capable of doing so much more. When you can buy a freeview box for a one-off cost of under £50 and increase your choice of channels ten-fold, how is it appropriate that the mere ability to watch less than 10% of the available channels, you have to pay £125 every year, whether you watch those channels or not? Exactly. The key issue is the burden of proof of “de-tuning”.
Not being connected to an aerial is irrellevant - a TV still has a tuner and can pick up TV programmes without being connected to what is essentially a big wire.

Basically if you get “caught” and use the “only use it for Xbox and it’s not tuned in to TV channels” justification then you will have a very hard time making it fly.

And that’s what I object to - the very fact that we are having this discussion is due to the vagueries and technicalities of the system. It all comes back to the issue of how the funding is derived. It is no longer relevant to base the charging model for the BBC on ownership of a device capable of doing so much more.
When you can buy a freeview box for a one-off cost of under £50 and increase your choice of channels ten-fold, how is it appropriate that the mere ability to watch less than 10% of the available channels, you have to pay £125 every year, whether you watch those channels or not?

]]> Comment on The TV License - legalised extortion? by Armin http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-4 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:33:21 +0000 http://www.take-over-the-world.com/the-tv-license-legalised-extortion/#comment-4 No, just read your own quotes carefully: It says "to receive or record TV programmes", not "owning a TV". That's the crucial point. Only using it for your XBox (and having it detuned and not connected to an aerial) is not receiving or recording TV programmes. They deliberately keep this vague to get more people to pay. No, just read your own quotes carefully:

It says “to receive or record TV programmes”, not “owning a TV”. That’s the crucial point. Only using it for your XBox (and having it detuned and not connected to an aerial) is not receiving or recording TV programmes. They deliberately keep this vague to get more people to pay.

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