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Netflix and TV License

  • 11-01-2012 1:30pm
    #1
    CptSternn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭


    So here is a question I don't think anyone has brought up here yet...

    Whats the deal with TV licenses and Netflix? Netflix just setup shop this week in Ireland. For €6.99 you can legally stream a whole library of films and TV shows to your computer, phone, tablet, and yes even your own HDTV (if your TV isn't already internet enabled you can buy a USB dongle to make it so for about €50).

    If I get rid of Sky and don't have a Saorview box, can they say anything if I don't renew my TV license? I am not availing of Sky or Saorview, I have no antenna connected to my TV. I am not getting RTE or any of those channels, I haven't watched them in years and if I really wanted to see them you can watch them online via their own websites for free these days.

    So do I need a license?

    In America Netflix is MASSIVE. They have accounted for a huge drop of like 25% in people who subscribe to TV services there (cable and satellite). Over 30% of all bandwidth used in America today is used by people watching Netflix. Of the people who have switched, most are young, college age students. The people who still subscribe to TV services are the same ones n the age group of people who are less likely to have a Facebook account.

    If we move to the same system here and people in droves stop using Sky, Chorus, UPC, and Saorview will the government crack down on streaming media? Are there any laws in place already? Due to the nature of the service, if they did pass legislation how could they ever really enforce it?

    As we speak Facebook is currently lit up with dozens of mates of mine, mostly college students who have hooked Netflix up to their Xbox or Playstation and are watching movies as we speak.


    Just wondering if we are witnessing a revolution here that the mainstream has yet to even realise and what the current legal issues surrounding this might be.
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