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British PC Tax to Replace TV License?

Posted by Zonk on from the look-for-this-soon-near-you dept.

caffeination writes "Here in Britain, anything capable of receiving live or virtually live broadcasts is considered TV receiving equipment. Because the detector vans can't actually 'catch' people watching such broadcasts on their computers, the BBC is proposing a blanket tax on PCs instead. They received several thousand responses to this green paper, ranging from the insightful to the unprintable."

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  1. Last year's news, stuff that don;t matters no more by mrsam · · Score: 0, Troll

    RTFA:

    Published Thursday 3rd March 2005 17:38 GMT

    Yet another fine example of slashdot editors earning their pay.

  2. Rent-seeking Trotskyites, go to hell by ccmay · · Score: 0, Troll

    The thought of the BBC going bankrupt warms my heart. Get stuffed, you rent-seeking termites.

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