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		jpsouth 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can traditional British TV survive the US stre... People are prosecuted for this with zero evidence other than an ‘admission’, with the admission being as nebulous as ‘yeah the tv is on’. How can you prove someone was watching TV in court? As far as I’m aware you can’t, but the court sides with Capita generally. Please don’t bring up the TV detecting vans as evidence.

permo-w 3 months ago [–]

none of this is evidence anyone has been prosecuted for watching live football from a streaming service

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