[OT] Worldcup 2006 ?

Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey
Sat Jun 10 16:14:25 PDT 2006


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 > The BBC employ folks who come to your home and demand entrance to 
count the
> televisions in your house.

We have a solution for this behavior in the US.  It's called a "warrant".

> A court summons follows and you can be fined ?1000
> (roughly $1800). Oh, as well as the confiscation of your offending television
> sets.
> 

So let me get this straight.  I can put up a satellite dish in the US 
(or Iraq, for that matter) and get the BBC this way, but you can't do 
the same in the UK?


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Tony Alfrey
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