Sergei Haller wrote: > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Niklas Peinecke (NP) wrote: > > NP> > If you buy any TV receiving equipment in the UK, you hve to expect the > NP> > seller to inform TV licensing of your purchase! > NP> > > NP> You surely live in Orwell's own country! In Germany, there is no such > NP> information chain -- yet, although I think the GEZ (our tv licensing > NP> institution over here) would love to have such a thing. > > in Germany, whenever you move from one address to another, the town hall > (Einwohnermeldeamt im Rathaus) informs the GEZ and they just _assume_ you > need a tv licence. That's not the whole truth: There is a tiny checkbox on the formular where you can deny the transmission of your data to the GEZ. However, it is very tiny. Niklas
