(Sweden) Homeless man ordered to pay TV license fee
Homeless man ordered to pay TV license fee
A homeless man has been asked to pay the Radiotjänst license fee, which funds Swedish public service radio and television, despite having neither a home nor a TV.
The Metro newspaper reported on Tuesday that the man received an invoice for a year's worth of watching television. He has since appealed the 2,702 kronor ($415) fee to an administrative court, which did not rule in his favour.
"I will never pay because I think I've been wrongly treated," the man told Metro.
After the man's television broke in early 2012, he requested that he be exempt from paying the fee. As he became homeless shortly thereafter, he never received the letter and invoice from Radiotjänst explaining that his request had been denied.
The license fee has made the news several times this past year as it was extended to owners of smartphones, computers, and tablets. The law states that a person with a device that can access public service Sveriges Television (SVT) must pay the fee.
http://www.thelocal.se/20140107/homeless-man-orderd-to-pay-tv-license-fee