Comments on: TV License To Cover Internet In Ireland http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/ Irish Technology Blogger Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: jay http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-243829 jay Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:19:01 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-243829 i just got fined in court for not having a licence for a tv that i dont own or watch. how they got my name i dont know, even in court when i protested with a letter from d owner claiming full responsibility, all the jusge said was u lived there, ur responsibility. so roll on 3 months and i'll get arrested and sent to jail for an hour ! i just got fined in court for not having a licence for a tv that i dont own or watch. how they got my name i dont know, even in court when i protested with a letter from d owner claiming full responsibility, all the jusge said was u lived there, ur responsibility. so roll on 3 months and i’ll get arrested and sent to jail for an hour !

]]> By: MB http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-243787 MB Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:56:12 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-243787 To somebody who lives in the States, this is mind-boggling. Even in liberal California they don't have anything this draconian... that I know of. How in the world do they enforce this? Inspectors go door-to-door and you have no choice but to let them in?? And in Germany - you seriously need a license to have a mobile phone? Sheesh. I'm glad I live in America, but I shouldn't be too happy about it... it's only a matter of time for us, since we've been steadily losing our freedoms here. To somebody who lives in the States, this is mind-boggling. Even in liberal California they don’t have anything this draconian… that I know of. How in the world do they enforce this? Inspectors go door-to-door and you have no choice but to let them in?? And in Germany – you seriously need a license to have a mobile phone? Sheesh. I’m glad I live in America, but I shouldn’t be too happy about it… it’s only a matter of time for us, since we’ve been steadily losing our freedoms here.

]]> By: Laurence http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-243466 Laurence Fri, 21 May 2010 06:16:10 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-243466 Sorry Nicole you'll go to jail. MORE than 50 people were jailed last year for not paying their television licence, figures show. Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/ideysnmhey/#ixzz0oXfK3saB Sorry Nicole you’ll go to jail.

MORE than 50 people were jailed last year for not paying their television licence, figures show.

Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/ideysnmhey/#ixzz0oXfK3saB

]]> By: nicole http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-243460 nicole Mon, 10 May 2010 20:53:34 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-243460 What's happen if I will do not pay TV licence? What’s happen if I will do not pay TV licence?

]]> By: ProGrasTiNation http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-242043 ProGrasTiNation Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:23:20 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-242043 F**K a TV licence I pay for my tv now from a provider(Sky,etc.)just like many people. The bottom line is you... Dont need a tv licence Car insurance & NCT are optinal If you want to take drugs by all means do...is that cop your father or something The Government do not rule this country....WE DO (How can you vote for something...if theres nothing to vote for?) F**K a TV licence
I pay for my tv now from a provider(Sky,etc.)just like many people.
The bottom line is you…
Dont need a tv licence
Car insurance & NCT are optinal
If you want to take drugs by all means do…is that cop your father or something
The Government do not rule this country….WE DO
(How can you vote for something…if theres nothing to vote for?)

]]> By: Ray http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-241854 Ray Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:30:05 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-241854 RTE should be funded by advertising only. If I admired RTE I wouldn't mind paying the licence fee, but the station's output is mostly insulting crap. It makes me feel very angry to be forced to pay for the upkeep of a station I detest. [Compare Jon Snow's excellent daily 7pm news bulletin on CH4 with RTE's daily plodding effort at 6pm]. RTE doesn't deliver true psb [broadcasting by the people, for the people]. Instead the licence fee is used as a deadening government control of the broadcaster. RTE's output is mostly right-wing conservative, and it's editorial control almost certainly is designed, consciously, and unconsciously, to comply with government requirements rather than the needs of the people. The licence fee gives a potentially regressive government censorship control over rte which is not compatible with true psb. It'll be interesting to see how much of an effort RTE will make to allow people throughout the country to give vent to their anger and concerns about the gross mismanagent of the country's ecomomy... The corrupt disgraceful bumbling idiots that we have governing this country should have no control over a pbs but I believe that the government will never relinquish the leverage that the licence fee provides them. Sarkozy is looking to remove advertising from French public tv completely - a retrograde step towards complete state control : http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0304/rte-and-the-licence-fee-damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-dont/ RTE should be funded by advertising only.

If I admired RTE I wouldn’t mind paying the licence fee, but the station’s output is mostly insulting crap. It makes me feel very angry to be forced to pay for the upkeep of a station I detest.
[Compare Jon Snow's excellent daily 7pm news bulletin on CH4 with RTE's daily plodding effort at 6pm].

RTE doesn’t deliver true psb [broadcasting by the people, for the people]. Instead the licence fee is used as a deadening government control of the broadcaster. RTE’s output is mostly right-wing conservative, and it’s editorial control almost certainly is designed, consciously, and unconsciously, to comply with government requirements rather than the needs of the people.

The licence fee gives a potentially regressive government censorship control over rte which is not compatible with true psb. It’ll be interesting to see how much of an effort RTE will make to allow people throughout the country to give vent to their anger and concerns about the gross mismanagent of the country’s ecomomy…

The corrupt disgraceful bumbling idiots that we have governing this country should have no control over a pbs but I believe that the government will never relinquish the leverage that the licence fee provides them.

Sarkozy is looking to remove advertising from French public tv completely – a retrograde step towards complete state control :

http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0304/rte-and-the-licence-fee-damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-dont/

]]> By: Dermot Healy http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-241663 Dermot Healy Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:40:44 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-241663 I don't agree with the TV license fee but I think RTE should do one or the other,Drop all advertising,or operate like the BBC, ie.,commercial free,not both. I don’t agree with the TV license fee but I think RTE should do one or the other,Drop all advertising,or operate like the BBC, ie.,commercial free,not both.

]]> By: Laurence http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-241576 Laurence Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:09 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-241576 What do you think should happen? 1> TV license should be under a €100 . 2> Disband the RTE, No TV license fee. 3>TV license should be under a €50, but RTE will only show ADs . ( who watches RTE in anyway) 4> Leave it the way it is , RTE is brill ! What do you think should happen?

1> TV license should be under a €100 .

2> Disband the RTE, No TV license fee.

3>TV license should be under a €50, but RTE will only show ADs .
( who watches RTE in anyway)

4> Leave it the way it is , RTE is brill !

]]> By: media-mufti http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-241549 media-mufti Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:36:19 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-241549 the germans are usually law abiding and compliant to the point of genocide, so they pay for a stereo in the car or a small clockradio in the bathroom. the media moguls are unable to reign in the ever more diverse independent media , so the corrupt and incompetent politicians that we elect (or are allowed to seize power by those that do not vote) are the tools that are used to squeeze funds out of those that fail to resist them. mass disobedience works: but few sofa heroes are prepared to chance a two week stretch in mountjoy and force a collapse of the system by refusing to cooperate with the thieves and parasites. it's easily forgotten, but we don't need the fg/labour/pd//ff/green mafia and their criminality. media is the underpinning of a democratic society. we're about to toss it away. the germans are usually law abiding and compliant to the point of genocide, so they pay for a stereo in the car or a small clockradio in the bathroom.

the media moguls are unable to reign in the ever more diverse independent media , so the corrupt and incompetent politicians that we elect (or are allowed to seize power by those that do not vote) are the tools that are used to squeeze funds out of those that fail to resist them.

mass disobedience works: but few sofa heroes are prepared to chance a two week stretch in mountjoy and force a collapse of the system by refusing to cooperate with the thieves and parasites.

it’s easily forgotten, but we don’t need the fg/labour/pd//ff/green mafia and their criminality. media is the underpinning of a democratic society. we’re about to toss it away.

]]> By: Latvian fellow http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-212371 Latvian fellow Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:06:03 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-212371 Few years ago Latvian government tried to bring TV licenses, but people went against so it was buried. Few years ago Latvian government tried to bring TV licenses, but people went against so it was buried.

]]> By: » Irish government to redefine the television? - iQ Blog http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-204040 » Irish government to redefine the television? - iQ Blog Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:21:47 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-204040 [...] TV License To Cover Internet In Ireland [...] [...] TV License To Cover Internet In Ireland [...]

]]> By: john marques http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-126676 john marques Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:35 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-126676 RTE has never supported us the unmarried and seperated fathers of ireland. what is happening in ireland at present is that there is a regieme of dictataship like zim's. they are opressors destroying freedoms that are govened by international laws. why should tv licence be any different. it is time for the people in ireland to stand together "down with this sort of thing" RTE has never supported us the unmarried and seperated fathers of ireland.
what is happening in ireland at present is that there is a regieme of dictataship like zim’s. they are opressors destroying freedoms that are govened by international laws. why should tv licence be any different. it is time for the people in ireland to stand together “down with this sort of thing”

]]> By: mcmann http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-85265 mcmann Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:06:05 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-85265 It seems that many nations throughout the world have abolished this tax due to increasing collection costs and less public service programs from the stations. Theres only one way to get rid of this bs tax...don't pay it. Unfortunately the majority of people in this world seem to sit back and let govts do what they please. Even more unfortunate is the fact that this Irish govt is so willing to waste money they would never scrap the tax because of high collection costs. Bit of a catch 22. The next step...computer tax. We will have to get off our arses then won't we.. It seems that many nations throughout the world have abolished this tax due to increasing collection costs and less public service programs from the stations.
Theres only one way to get rid of this bs tax…don’t pay it. Unfortunately the majority of people in this world seem to sit back and let govts do what they please. Even more unfortunate is the fact that this Irish govt is so willing to waste money they would never scrap the tax because of high collection costs. Bit of a catch 22.
The next step…computer tax. We will have to get off our arses then won’t we..

]]> By: russ http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-72873 russ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-72873 okaaaay. thanks. off to the post office to pay the dosh though it kills me to do so. i like my almost obsolete cd player too much to do that to it anyway. call me old fashioned. and adblock? what's that? (ok call me very old fashioned) okaaaay. thanks. off to the post office to pay the dosh though it kills me to do so. i like my almost obsolete cd player too much to do that to it anyway. call me old fashioned.

and adblock? what’s that?

(ok call me very old fashioned)

]]> By: Seán http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-72681 Seán Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:14:12 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-72681 Yep. Even if you smash out the radio bit with a hammer. I have to say after 3 years of no radio and no TV and using adblock in my browser, those ads are a mind killer. Yep. Even if you smash out the radio bit with a hammer. I have to say after 3 years of no radio and no TV and using adblock in my browser, those ads are a mind killer.

]]> By: russ http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-72663 russ Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:55:09 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-72663 Just wonderin if anyone knows the answer to this one - if you are one of the 1% of households who don't actually have a telly, do you still have to get a tv license for having a cd player that has a built in radio in it? Just wonderin if anyone knows the answer to this one – if you are one of the 1% of households who don’t actually have a telly, do you still have to get a tv license for having a cd player that has a built in radio in it?

]]> By: Peter Sligo http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-64352 Peter Sligo Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:02 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-64352 My house mates and I have been trying to avoid paying a t.v license for all the reasons you guys have stated above. We even went down the road of taking out the R.V port at the back because we honestly don't watch the Ad-Riddled crap that RTE pump out and thought that would solve our license issue. It seems they have thought of everything though according to article above, ref citizens advice quote. Quite simply; WE WANT ACTION! what can we do about this? Does anyone know is there a higher body that govern's TV in ireland? Or have they well and truly got us by the short and curlys? If so I am going to drive to dublin and leave my tv outside who's ever house it is that governs this corrupt BS. I'll hide away and watch online t.v and dvds. B the way check out www.alluc.org My house mates and I have been trying to avoid paying a t.v license for all the reasons you guys have stated above. We even went down the road of taking out the R.V port at the back because we honestly don’t watch the Ad-Riddled crap that RTE pump out and thought that would solve our license issue. It seems they have thought of everything though according to article above, ref citizens advice quote.
Quite simply; WE WANT ACTION! what can we do about this? Does anyone know is there a higher body that govern’s TV in ireland? Or have they well and truly got us by the short and curlys? If so I am going to drive to dublin and leave my tv outside who’s ever house it is that governs this corrupt BS. I’ll hide away and watch online t.v and dvds. B the way check out http://www.alluc.org

]]> By: European http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-35497 European Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:43:30 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-35497 All that tv license rubbish wouldn't stand up in an European tribunal. You pay your taxes on your tv set when you buy it, you pay your normal taxes from your salary and so on... Why paying an "extra" tax for a service you may or may not use? TV licenses were removed from continental Europe a long time ago, as they were considered unfair and acting against free competition (if a public tv station isn't viable, well, close it down! or try to improve it so people will watch it!). One of these days someone will have the time and money to take the Irish Gov. to Brussels 'for the laugh' and then you'll see what happens ;) All that tv license rubbish wouldn’t stand up in an European tribunal. You pay your taxes on your tv set when you buy it, you pay your normal taxes from your salary and so on… Why paying an “extra” tax for a service you may or may not use? TV licenses were removed from continental Europe a long time ago, as they were considered unfair and acting against free competition (if a public tv station isn’t viable, well, close it down! or try to improve it so people will watch it!).
One of these days someone will have the time and money to take the Irish Gov. to Brussels ‘for the laugh’ and then you’ll see what happens ;)

]]> By: Sean http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-8255 Sean Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-8255 Disband the RTE Disband the RTE

]]> By: Stephen http://kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-4330 Stephen Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:28:27 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2007/01/10/tv-license-to-cover-internet-in-ireland/#comment-4330 It turns out RTE took Ronan Coy's comments completely out of context, and I (ahem) should not have called him a wanker for that on my blog. It turns out RTE took Ronan Coy’s comments completely out of context, and I (ahem) should not have called him a wanker for that on my blog.

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