Disabling television mode

[Colin Law]

On 13 July 2016 at 00:13, Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
<jn.ml.gti.91 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2016-07-12 21:49, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 12 July 2016 at 21:36,  <get_iplayer at i.lucanops.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:38:02 +0100
>>> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A further interesting point, suppose I am running iplayer on my tablet
>>>> on a bus (I have a license so that is ok).  Is it illegal for someone
>>>> in the next seat to watch it on my tablet if they don't have a
>>>> license?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is it illegal for a person with no licence to watch a TV from a public
>>> place if it just happens that a licensed TV is viewable from that
>>> place? Like outside the ground floor of a house with no front garden,
>>> from the pavement, and the windows are open.
>>
>>
>> I don't think that is illegal.  That is because it is the house that
>> is licensed not the person.  Anyone can watch a tv that is on those
>> premises.
>
>
> No they can't/couldn't.  Did they not have to be members of your family /
> household (or guests)?

Are you sure?  You may well be right but I have not seen that documented.

Colin