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A Freedom of Information request to British Broadcasting Corporation by ivanataylor

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ivanataylor

6 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under freedom of information please answer the following

As a law abiding citizen, is it lawful for the BBC to extract a TV
license fee from me, when it is a well known fact that the BBC is
in breach of its own charter, and therefore has no legal premise on
which to demand this fee?

The BBC has been taking funds from the EU and has become a
propaganda machine for the EU and its agendas. In order to legally
extract a license fee the BBC must stick to its own charter and be
independent is this not so?

Yours faithfully,

ivanataylor

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FOI Enquiries
British Broadcasting Corporation

7 October 2009

Dear Ms Taylor

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was
received on 6 October 2009. We will deal with your request as promptly as
possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any
queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20091387.

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The Information Policy & Compliance Team

BBC Freedom of Information
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ivanataylor left an annotation (8 October 2009)

http://www.tpuc.org/node/609 I am not sure I will be paying my TV License for much longer.

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Dear Ms Taylor,

Please find attached the response to your request for information,
reference RFI20091387.

<<RFI20091387 - final response.pdf>> <<RFI20091387 - disclosure document -
RFI20090812 final response.pdf>>

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Andrew Montford left an annotation (3 November 2009)

This response is somewhat misleading. BBC Worldwide is funded by the European Investment Bank, a body set up to promote European cohesion.

Presumably the BBC is required to promote European cohesion in return for the funding.

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ivanataylor left an annotation (17 December 2009)

I was sent a written explanation from the BBC, after writing to Sir Michael Lions, the top man or Chief Executive. They explain that the BBC is not responsible to us, as it is one of their subsidiary companies who have invested money in overseas and worldwide broadcasting, from license holders, to generate more income for license payers and keep fees down.

I still maintain that the BBC is a propaganda machine taking money from the EU to broadcast their own, common purpose agenda worldwide.

As a share holder or paying customer of the BBC, I feel I have the right to question where their funding comes from, other than from fee payers, and to ask whose interests they represent?

As we are the only country, as far as I am aware, who are forced, often against our will, to pay for Independent broadcasting,that the BBC and its subsidiaries have a duty to be independent and not promote the values, ideals and agendas of the EU, or any other country. The United Kingdom is a Sovereign Nation. BBC News are not impartial and they only broadcast what they want us to see. They are supposed to report honestly matters which affect the population of our country, not represent the interests of the elite, and suppress the truth on real issues from going to press.ie. Family Court scandal of injustice.

Why should we pay for worldwide broadcasting, when other countries get the programs and do not pay for them? Or do they, are the BBC making profit from selling broadcasts? If so, should the share holders not have a share of such profit, and who are the share holders, other than fee payers?

I have stopped paying and will continue not to pay until I am certain that I am not paying for Common Purpose corruption and propaganda. I have not paid anything for the last three months, and have explained to the BBC, in writing why I am taking the stance I have. They have been unable to provide me with a satisfactory response or answer the serious concerns I have raised and provide me with a reason for their treasonous behavior, and sedition. I will not risk facing treason charges at a later date, for aiding and abetting this corrupt corporation.

It is a criminal offense, under common law, to aid and abet any fraudulent corporation, by helping and giving comfort to fund treason and sedition, by punishment of life time imprisonment, when we do it knowingly, if found guilty. Knowing what I already know about corruption, common purpose and fraud at the BBC, I simply cannot take the risk.

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Mr Williams left an annotation (23 December 2009)

For information, currently the following other countries in Europe also have a television licensing regime to fund their state broadcasters:

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland

In addition, three countries charge a levy on electricity bills to fund state broadcasting:
Greece
Macedonia
Romania

There are also other countries on other continents.

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