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The most obvious way to avoid paying the licence fee is to never watch any television ever, but then you'd be entering into something of a cultural black hole, and that's not a place you want to be.
However, the Mirror recently pointed out this exception to the licensing rules: with the exception of BBC iPlayer, if you're not recording or watching live TV, you don't need a TV licence.
That means if all you watch is non-BBC catch-up TV (including ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) internet video content from places like YouTube, on-demand movies from providers like Sky Movies, or DVDs/programmes and movies bought through the internet, then you don't need a TV licence.
Be warned, though. This sounds good in principle, but as a TV Licensing spokesperson told the Mirror, "Fewer than 2% of households only watch catch-up TV, so don't need a licence."
You can be slapped with a £1,000 fine if you're caught watching TV without a licence, so it's up to you to decide if you can prove that you're part of that 2%.
If you believe you are exempt, you can write to TV Licensing and declare yourself.
Feature: TV Licensing / Daily Invention
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