tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post577850108558307112..comments2024-03-08T14:35:24.649+00:00Comments on The Justice of the Peace Blog: T.V. LICENCE EVASION TO BECOME CIVIL OFFENSEThe Justice of the Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795957459681808206noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-58683349140226978262014-03-13T11:59:33.178+00:002014-03-13T11:59:33.178+00:00If the evidence is s Dubious and unconvincing, why...If the evidence is s Dubious and unconvincing, why are people being convicted for the supposed offence? Surely if the evidence is not convincing or concrete then the court should find against TV Licensing. As soon as you all start enforcing law appropriately your court time will be free up as this company will need to actually obtain valid evidence in order to bring people before your bench.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-44825441047612607582014-03-10T10:17:31.057+00:002014-03-10T10:17:31.057+00:00Your article begs the question: what should be do...Your article begs the question: what should be done about these "dubious so-called inspectors whose evidence was ... often unconvincing"?<br /><br />At TV Licence Resistance we see (and try to help) the human casualties of this system - people being prosecuted unfairly, often maliciously and with total disregard to many basic legal principles such as equality of arms or informed consent to interview. <br /><br />Whilst decriminalisation may improve matters simply by shaking things up, I too fear that the fundamental inequities are so entrenched into the TVL system, that it's possible we may even end up in a worse position. Cornucopiahttp://tvlicenceresistance.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-58135811794859776172014-03-10T01:25:06.870+00:002014-03-10T01:25:06.870+00:00Don't forget that under the current system Cap...Don't forget that under the current system Capita pockets the costs awarded following each successful prosecution. It regards this estimated £14,000,000 p.a. as a legitimate income stream.<br /><br />http://watchkeeperslog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/some-recently-published-statistics.html<br /><br />Moving the licensing system from criminal to civil jurisdiction does not tackle the fundamental problems - that watching television programme service unlawfully occurs in the privacy of one's house to which the BBC and its henchmen have no right of access, that the only "evidence" of an offence having been committed is the confession of the alleged perpetrator, that the commission-earning salesmen enforcing the law profit monetarily by doing so and that the whole system can easily be defeated by the alleged perpetrator exercising his/her right to silence. On the latter point, I note that you, yourself, recognise this by advising your son to maintain his silence.<br /><br />http://watchkeeperslog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/it-only-works-because-you-let-it.html<br /><br />The fact remains that a law which requires any person watching/recording television programmes when transmitted to have the State's permission to do so is either plain daft or sinister. One hopes it's the former, in which case "the law is a ass - a idiot", whether civil or criminal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-55190729824247923072014-03-10T00:10:38.231+00:002014-03-10T00:10:38.231+00:00Are fixed penalties available for these in England...Are fixed penalties available for these in England? If so is that 180k including the fixed penalties? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-23772668077470599562014-03-09T23:27:46.909+00:002014-03-09T23:27:46.909+00:00Note to blogger; switch off spell checkerNote to blogger; switch off spell checkerThe Justice of the Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05795957459681808206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-59211725795339995412014-03-09T22:54:34.919+00:002014-03-09T22:54:34.919+00:00License? Have we moved to the USA as well?License? Have we moved to the USA as well?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711925547817535811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-9555906623212573472014-03-09T21:03:32.446+00:002014-03-09T21:03:32.446+00:00The BBC TV Licence goons cannot be trusted. I vis...The BBC TV Licence goons cannot be trusted. I visit TV Licence Resistance and so many people have gone their reporting how the BBC goon lied so they ended up in court http://www.tvlicenceresistance.info/forum/index.php/board,4.0.htmlJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641423965481082045noreply@blogger.com