Disabling television mode

[Owen Smith]

I believe Roger is asking how he can ensure that he does not break the law by using get_iplayer to accidentally download TV from a location he does not have a licence for. I suspect some sort of command line option or config file entry that forces radio only would do the job, but I don't know if one exists.

Roger's question and your answer demonstrates the two different groups of people on this list: those that want to stay within the law (with or without a TV licence) and those that don't. It's been established in the past that list policy is only to support the "stay within the law" option.

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Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

> On 12 Jul 2016, at 09:53, CJB <chrisjbrady at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> How does the September 1 requirement affect get_iplayer TV then? And -
> yes - I do have a licence although with all of the junk programmes and
> repeats ad nauseum I frequently wonder why.
> 
> The Beeb's online 'Store' is still  a lemon - it never worked for me -
> and I had to claim a non-delivery refund through Paypal Customer
> Support when a file I'd purchased refused to download.
> 
> I fully expect to see a rise in torrenting after September.
> 
> CJB.
> 
>> On 12/07/2016, Roger Bell_West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:
>> We know that as of 1 September a TV licence will be required to
>> download TV programmes from the BBC.
>> 
>> I have a hosted server away from my premises, which is mains-powered
>> equipment, and therefore not covered by my own TV licence (if any);
>> the hosting company quite reasonably has no interest in covering it
>> either.
>> 
>> So I want to ensure that it will be unable to download TV programmes,
>> even by accident, while still remaining available for radio. Any
>> suggestions?
>> 
>> R
>> 
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