Hi Farmer,
I contract with VM on a monthly basis, I can cancel any VM services with one months notice. I can, for rebuttal purposes, go down that road (later if need be) and cancel my TV service only and just keep Broadband and 'Phone on-going. I didn't misunderstand your good idea, it's just that I prefer to go down the road of telling the Bullshitting Bastards Corporation up-front, on a one-off, don't come back basis to "sod-off because I dont want your BBC products, so I'm not paying for it". On a matter of principle, I see no reason why I should give up my TV and the entertainment it gives me, just for the sake off not wanting half-a-dozen BBC low quality and repetitive channels that I no longer watch. If you go down the "rebuttal" path, the org-bots will, as you know only too well, keep on chasing you, regardless of how many times you tell them to "sod-off".
I'm not sure of the legal aspect here as regards owning a TV (I'll look it up in detail later), I think it goes something like: "If you own a TV or any device capable of receiving TV signals, you MUST have a TV Licence. If that's the case, then we are paying for a licence to receive ALL TV signals and so the ONLY way out legally, is to get rid of (or hide) all TV receiving equipment. In other words, if you're not prepared to pay for a TV Licence to fund the spiteful useless pratts and crap programmes at the BBC, then you can't watch the bloody telly at all. The other thing (borrowed from Veronica) is that: If it (a TV) is fundamentally lawful to own under Common Law, then you don't need permission (a licence) from anyone to use it, particulary if I own it lock, stock and barrel.
What I'm looking for is HOW to go about it, i.e. how to construct such a letter/s that traps the BBC and/or TVLA into a corner by using Common Law Principles (as do Veronica's letters of rebuttal and debts) that cannot be undermined by "Statutes" and thrown out. Do I send them a NOTICE or an ordinary letter first etc? What I don't want, is to end up in one of their court de facto's where I'll get ripped apart just on factual evidence alone and end up seriously out of pocket and with a criminal record on my, to-date, umblemished character and still liable to pay for the TVL. I know Veronica is very busy with other things at the mo so I don't really want to bother her.
Best Wishes
James: