[linux-dvb] Re: tv license

[Dick Middleton <dick@lingbrae.com>]

Michal Lorek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Another problem is that i do not have satellite dish at all, so how can i 
> receive any satellite programme? when i phoned TV Licensing today, operator 
> could not understand how someone can buy PC Tuner and do not have dish. :)
> Anyway if i have got only DVB-S card without all necessary equipment do i need 
> TV license?
IANAL but my understanding is that if you do not have an aerial then you 
do not have the capability to receive.  After all the tuner card is 
incapable without it.  However if you do have an aerial and receiver but 
*choose* not to connect them then you do need a license.

Dick