Disabling television mode

[Simon Morgan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On
> Behalf Of Roger Bell_West
> Sent: 12 July 2016 17:56
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: Disabling television mode
> 
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 05:28:30PM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> >It's OK, I should have read further.  Your normal residence has to be
> >covered, then one is ok wherever you are.
> 
> "provided the device you’re using to watch or download programmes isn’t
> plugged into the electricity mains at a separate address."
> 
> So, while away from home, you must unplug your laptop before running
> get_iplayer or watching anything downloaded by it. Which gets back to
> the reason I started this thread, because I assumed people would know
> this stuff or be capable of looking it up: my server is not at my
> address, and is mains powered.
> 
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I read this about being "...plugged in...". Quite bizarre as it is totally unenforceable which makes for bad law. While I seldom use get_iplayer "on the go" I probably would "forget" not to plug into mains. In fact whether this actually applies to programmes downloaded by get_iplayer or just when using iPLayer itself, who knows. 
I use get_iplayer in much the same way that I would use a "video" recorder but just cutting out the middleman. However I agree that iPlayer users shouldn't get a free ride and should pay their licence fee as I and most others do. Still good value for money in my opinion.

Rgds
Simon Morgan