OFF: Silly laws in the UK

[M Holmes]

Carl E. Anderson writes:

>         Also speaking as a person who has experienced both the US and UK
> television systems, I can completely agree with all this.  The TV license
> in the UK basically is like a mandatory public television system except
> without fund drives :)  Ya sends in your "donation" and Auntie Beeb
> sends you the good stuff.

Not that I'm in favour of state coercion or anything but the licence fee
did pay for the 12 live Hawkwind tapes from the 70's that the BBC have
allegedly dug up and are allegedly in discussion with Hawkmanagement
about releasing.

I can forgive 'em a couple of runs of "Birds of a Feather" for that.

> Cheers,
> Carl

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