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Re: A dream to see JAM life

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OzApr 20, 2010
 

 
--- In just-a-minute@..., "Steve Kenrick" <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:

> It's not a tax, but payment for entertainment.

"The licence fee is classified as a tax, and evasion is a criminal offence" - House Of Lords, BBC Charter Review 3/3/06

And I can't select something cheaper, as you so compassionately suggest, because if I choose to watch, say, New Delhi news, I still have to pay the BBC, as I do if all I watch is live sessions of the UK parliament (or any other parliament in the world, come to that).

And before you suggest I throw my Tv away, I believe access to communications is a basic human right - in line with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

I'm sure you'll have more to say on the subject, but I wont respond any further as the debate could go on for ever as previously noted. I see both sides of the argument and can see that the license fee is unsustainable and while it exists the BBC loses ground on future delivery platforms and is restricted from how much it can make from its enormous back catalogue. So while I love much about the BBC, I'm not prepared to love it to death, as you appear to be.

 
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