Indeedly, I know it used to be the case, there were always those cases of people being sued for a colour license when they owned a VHS recorder but a black and white tv - because the VHS was capable of recording a colour signal.
There must have been a change though, it's on the licensing website, as long as I'm not using the tv to receive signals as they are being broadcast, I don't need one - even though the set is capable of receiving.
So I just haven't tuned it in, and don't have an aerial plugged in - this seems to satisfy them.
I just had a look on the website again, and there's a pdf available, which suggests that as they pestered.......sorry.........visited me once, they won't do again for a period of 2 years, but after then, the property once again should be the subject of being bombarded with letters suggesting I'm a criminal, guilty till proven innocent, buy a license you scumbag etc etc
I don't like this bullying attitude, but hey, this IS the same company that wanted to charge a license for anyone in a car who had a radio (That one got rejected by the government at the time