You can get away with watching live tv and not paying the tv license. I refuse to give the BBC a penny and have had letters through for ages threatening to take me to court etc. It is all cleverly worded with mays and ifs inserted to give the impression they will take action against you. If the tv license people appear at my door then i film them so i have a record of the conversation asthey have been known to try to prosecute people with fall evidence. I don't tell them who i am and kindly tell them i am not interested in entering into any contract with them and to get off the property. There is not a thing they can do about it. http://www.tvlicenceresistance.info/forum/index.php/board,4.0.html?PHPSESSID=8be61c5843125c15904439ddc0f0125a