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Old 07-16-2015, 08:23 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
This is bullshit. What's next? They will start charging people for listening to the radio because the airwaves are transmitted "through the clouds"?
Y'know, there are more than a few countries which DO require licences for radio and TV receivers. One way to detect illegal receivers is with a van full of sensitive equipment that is able to detect the radiated signal from the receiver circuitry.

Sounds like tin foil hat stuff? Nope, it's real.

BBC - Press Office - New generation of television detector vans
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