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 On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:49:46 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk 
  wrote: 
  
 >On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:06:33 +0100, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 > 
 >> News broadcasts are typically displayed within premises, so they are 
 >> excluded as they are not in public - in this context, it's the display 
 >> which needs consent, not the source. 
 > 
 >Just to muddy the waters, what about images that are displayed in private, 
 >but visible from public spaces. 
 > 
 >I am old enough to remember when electrical shops often left TVs on in the 
 >windows out of hours. 
  
 The argument is that leaving a TV on, provided it's set to a normal 
 broadcast channel (eg, the BBC) isn't displaying an advert, it's merely 
 demonstrating that the TV works. Although that practice has mostly died out 
 anyway, as these days there are very few high street electrical retailers 
 left. And the current regulations date from 2007, so what happened prior to 
 that isn't really relevent now. 
  
 I can remember a small crowd always gathering outside Rumbelows at 4.45pm on 
 a Saturday to watch the classified footbal results through the window. As 
 it's all on screen, the fact that the sound was off made no difference. 
  
 Mark 
  
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