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I don't pay it because I don't watch television anymore, live or otherwise.

However I do find the overreach of claiming I need to pay the license if I watch any form of live broadcast is ridiculous. If I wanted to watch the occasional live stream of a football game online via Amazon Prime then I would need to pay the license fee.

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that's too far, agreed, although I would be extremely shocked if anyone has been prosecuted for that

People are prosecuted for this with zero evidence other than an ‘admission’, with the admission being as nebulous as ‘yeah the tv is on’.

How can you prove someone was watching TV in court? As far as I’m aware you can’t, but the court sides with Capita generally. Please don’t bring up the TV detecting vans as evidence.

none of this is evidence anyone has been prosecuted for watching live football from a streaming service

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