@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk @avavsystems@mastodon.world Not in the places I know. The licence here is needed even to play the radio in public in a shop or similar. Of course many don't bother. They only get the content cheaper and that was likely based on piracy. So unethical and nasty to listen to. The TV licence is different here (Ireland) than the UK. It used to be in UK only needed for UK broadcasts. Here you need it if something has a tuner (Terrestrial, Satellite or cable).