Posted on 08/07/2011 6:35:55 AM PDT by markomalley
Banning satellite dishes on listed buildings and private homes could be a breach of human rights, an equality watchdog was warned.
Thousands of historic buildings and rental properties have made desperate attempts to prevent the dishes being installed on their brick work.
But an EU ruling suggests that banning the dishes will infringe the right to freedom of information, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said.
The quango issued guidance which details a recent case at the European Court of Human rights that could become a landmark case in satellite dish battles.
Two tenants in Sweeden took their government to court after they were evicted by their landlord in a dispute over a dish.
The couple installed one of the dishes on their rented property but the landlord ordered them to take it down. They refused and were later thrown out of the property.
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Whoa there
RE: Having a satellite dish ‘is a human right,’ says EU
Hmmm... I did not realize that my human rights are being deprived. Where do I go to to petition to have my rights given?
There are many ways to install a dish without attatching it to a building. Congress passed a bill here in the states years ago preventing HOA from banning dishes.
The dish company petitioned some idiot congreesman to pass same............
Well the free flow of information should be available to anyyone wishing to pay for it don’t ya think?
a right to own one, i would agree
a right to have one given to you, oh please
This more about securing more free stuff than free flow of information. They also say high speed internet and cell phones are a human right. This means freebies or cheap discounts for the recipient class, while we all have to pay full price.
Dish companies made "generous" donations to politicians, including then President, William "BJ" Clinton.
You need a receiver, but those are cheap, and you pay the same TV tax as the analog days, but the network programming is FTA.
What I see, then, after stripping away all the bureaucratic jargon that devolved after the fact, is that the case arose because a landlord told his renters they couldn't have TV.
It's not like the US where a dish is optional for TV.
Banning satellite dishes on listed buildings and private homes could be a breach of human rights...
But unlimited regulations, rules, requirements, restrictions, etc. on how private property owners use their property and negotiate contractual agreements is not a violation of human rights?
This means freebies or cheap discounts for the recipient class....................................................................................................................................That is not what this article is about.
There’s no right to a satellite dish. There is, though, a right to use your own property as you see fit, if doing so causes no harm to others.
It's about making sure the propaganda distribution channel is in every home.
99% of the television content of every Western country is the product of liberals.
Can you imagine how much more conservative the world would be if television vanished tomorrow?
If its a human right, then the next step is to provide a taxpayer subsidy so everyone has one.
Yes, indeed. But property owners should be able to dictate what fixtures they accept on their property. If you rent a home in a place that doesn’t want dishes and want a dish, move.
Also, there is always the option to get cable.
Heh, battle of the bureaucrats.
“Also, there is always the option to get cable.”
Apparently not. Read Post #10
Ok, well if you must have a dish, either become a property owner and install one or move where you can have one.
And then I suppose we should provide a computer, wide screen TV, phone service, and all the other related gizmos that enhance communications.
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