Niklas Peinecke wrote: > Stephen Williams wrote: > >> You'd be amazed at what the TV licensing people know, and how they get >> their information. >> > [...] > >> >> If you buy any TV receiving equipment in the UK, you hve to expect the >> seller to inform TV licensing of your purchase! >> > You surely live in Orwell's own country! In Germany, there is no such > information chain -- yet, although I think the GEZ (our tv licensing > institution over here) would love to have such a thing. > > Niklas > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > TV receiving and amateur radio transmission equipment has always had that rule attached, but my guess is that it's not always followed and audits are not done, so it may vary from supplier to supplier. They can track your movements by mobile phone and track your movements in city centres on video, good and bad, as it has saved some people from going to jail for a very long time. The law is only as good as the people administering it and the (in)competence of the lawyers defending you, one poor guy spent 15 years in prison for a murder that took place while he was in Spain with a coach load of other holdiday makers from the UK. You would think that proof of his whereabouts was so easy to establish before a charge was brought. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and Keen Flyer =====ALMOST ALL LINUX USED HERE, Solaris 10 SPARC is just for play=====
