strawman

As you will no doubt notice, this letter repeats the false statement that it is “against the
law” to watch TV unless you pay them first. The response was:
Nigel Jefferies,
TV Licensing Collections Manager,
TV Licensing,
Bristol,
BS98 1TL
Your Ref: 504794/CH
Dear Nigel,
NOTICE
XXXXXXXXXXX,
Red Lodge,
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk
Near IP28 XXX
15th February 2011
I am in receipt of your letter vaguely dated February 2011. As “Mister” is not part of my name, I would appreciate
it if you would address me by my name which is Patrick (or more fully, Patrick-James of the Kelly family). There is
no Mr P. Kelly living at XXXXXXXXXXX, Red Lodge, Suffolk, nor has there ever been.
You state in your letter that “if you are watching or recording television programmes as they are shown on a TV at
this address – whether on a TV set, computer, mobile phone or anything else – you are breaking the law”. That
statement is wholly incorrect and I have already asked Claire Hacker to state the law which demands any such
licence, and she has failed to do so.
As I have already stated, I am not a member of the society whose regulations you are attempting to enforce, nor
do I consent to be bound by those regulations. Consequently, no government statute or statutory instrument
applies to me. You appear to be unaware of the major difference between the Law and government statutes, so I
suggest that you research what is meant by the Law of the Land (“Common Law”) and stop claiming that the “law”
demands a TV licence as it most certainly does not and for someone in your position to be unaware of these
matters is generally considered to be ‘gross negligence’ which is a serious matter.
If you believe that the law does actually require human beings to have a TV licence, then, within fourteen days of
the date of this letter, provide the direct reference of the law which states this. As you are now aware, a statutory
reference is not valid in this matter. Should you fail to provide the reference to any such law within that period,
you enter into legally-binding agreement that I am not required to have any such TV licence.
Sincerely and without ill will, vexation or frivolity,
Patrick-James of the Kelly family
Without any acceptance of any liability whatsoever, and with all Indefeasible Rights reserved.
Then there was a letter from the ‘Operations Director’:
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