-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Walker
Sent: 07 August 2012 15:50
To: 'Goddard, Chris'; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: TV licences and public libraries

Does this help??

 

TV licensing position for public access computers
The TV licensing regime requires that, in addition to users of TV receivers, anyone who possesses or controls a TV receiver and who knows or has reasonable grounds for believing that the TV receiver will be installed or used to receive TV programmes without a TV licence must obtain a licence which permits use of the TV receiver. A computer will be considered to be a 'TV receiver' if it is used to receive TV programmes as they are being shown on TV in the UK (ie 'live' broadcasts).

 

Libraries, museums or archives that allow members of the public to use computers, or supply computers to their employees and who do not currently have a TV licence must decide whether:

• to obtain a TV licence; or
• to implement measures to safeguard against the possibility that computers will be used to watch live TV.

 

Effective measures must be taken to prevent the use of computers in receiving 'live' TV programmes' .At a minimum, the following measures should be introduced:

• warning signs
• insertion of a relevant clause in Acceptable Use Policies
• providing information when taking bookings to use the PC
• providing information in general information pamphlets.

 

If these measures are adopted, then a TV licence will not be required. Access to non-live TV pictures, such as the Channel 4 On Demand service, or the BBC iPlayer service, do not require a TV licence.

 

If an institution with multiple sites, such as a library authority, wishes to obtain a TV licence, then each branch library will constitute a separately licensable place and one licence per library would need to be obtained.

 

The current position with the BBC iPlayer service is that it is suitable for domestic use only, in a non-networked environment.

 

The above has been prepared by MLA, with the advice of the BBC, as a summary of the current position. All readers MUST ensure that they have checked the latest guidance on TV licencing athttp://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/businesses.jsp

MLA does not accept liability for the information contained here.

Contact: David Dawson, [log in to unmask], tel  020 72731415

 

 

Alison Scammell

Head of Marketing

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)

Victoria House,

Southampton Row,

London

WC1B 4EA

Tel: (020) 7273 1450

Email:[log in to unmask]

www.mla.gov.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Goddard, Chris
Sent: 07 August 2012 15:42
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: TV licences and public libraries

Hi All

 

One of our libraries has recently had a letter from TV Licensing promising a visit to their premises as they don't have a TV licence. They don't have a TV either, and every user of a public computer agrees not to watch live or nearly live TV every time they log on.

 

Looking back, the agreement which existed with TV Licensing was brokered by MLA in 2008 and I can't find any sign of it on their archived website.

 

Can anyone send me a copy, or even provide me with an update on the situation?

 

 

Many thanks, Chris

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Christopher Goddard
City Librarian (acting)
Library Services
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