There are no licence fees, and the file formats and data structures are open.
In most states, the job requires no qualifications, no training, no background check, and no licence of any sort.
Driver Christopher Howson, who had no licence and was twice the legal alcohol limit at the time, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
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Speaking at the conference on Friday, former Welsh assembly Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas told party members that withholding the licence fee "no longer belongs to policy development in a constitutional political party".
Having served half of a 14-day sentence for violating probation from a previous drink-driving conviction, he was then fined for possessing 28 grams of marijuana, speeding and driving with no licence or proof of insurance.
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Some of the biggest call-back operators have no operating licence, are not registered for business in Germany and decline to pay taxes on what they sell.
Some take two or three hundred years to fully mature - and no timber licence lasts that long - so the diversity of the forest is being eroded.
Pentosan, the drug involved, is not a new medication - it has been used previously in patients with bladder and bowel inflammation, but it has no current pharmaceutical licence in this country.
Venues in England and Wales with a capacity of under 200 people will no longer need a licence for live music.
The club said as soon as the allegations were made against Benson his UK Athletics coaching licence was suspended and he had no more contact with children involved in the club.
Kadri, who pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing, was sentenced to eight months in jail for failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident and having no insurance or driving licence.
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Research from LV Car Insurance shows that nearly a fifth of drivers they interviewed had no idea when their licence would run out, even though the expiry date is clearly shown on the front of the licence.
The 34-year-old, who retired from football after leaving West Bromwich Albion in January 2008, is currently completing his Uefa A licence coaching badges and has made no secret of his desire to move onto the football coaching ladder.
Hundreds of people in County Fermanagh have received letters warning them that they no longer have a TV licence.
He was said to be a young, inexperienced driver with a clean driving licence, of good character and with no previous convictions.
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For that would suggest that when faced with incendiary charges by a critical regulator, and the potential loss of its licence, Standard Chartered felt it had no choice but to pay up.
Yet, with Daniel Craig becoming the latest actor to don the 007 tuxedo in "Casino Royale, " Bond appears to be in no danger of having his licence to kill revoked any time soon.
While the reasons for this makes perfect legal sense (many TV series only have the budget to licence incidental music for North America only, so no UK transmission without an extra fee) a generation are growing up with the expectation of being able immediately to get whatever content they want for minimal cost.
However, there has been no application submitted for a butcher's licence at this stage.
Therefore, even if the licence agreement prohibits a further transfer, the rightholder can no longer oppose the resale of that copy.
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It is a measure of how fast and how far the industry's star has waned that Sonera, Finland's biggest operator, was applauded on August 10th for its decision to hand back, for no financial return, its hard-won licence in Norway.
The BBC has said it had no plans to revisit the current six-year licence fee deal.
As things stand, the commission has no weapons between admonishments and the death sentence of licence withdrawal.
But Sky has shown no signs of wanting to join the project and believes licence fees could be better spent.
There is strong evidence that the Beeb - which has no mandate from anyone in the government or from the licence payer to divert licence fee funds to on-line publishing - is recruiting on the cheap and further dumbing down its previous rigorous standards.
The UK Border Agency has revoked the licence of a Black Country college, meaning dozens of international students may no longer be eligible to study there.
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An Ipsos MORI poll in August showed a public no longer squarely behind the status quo: 37% said the licence fee was not the right way to fund the BBC, and 47% denied it was good value.
However, the Open Spaces Society (OSS) said there had been no need to make the decision this early as the zoo's current licence ran until November next year.
In case Apple's patents hold up under appeal, Google could recode Android to ensure there was no potential infringement, or handset makers could seek to pay their rival a licence fee.
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If the licence fee increases sharply, so does the risk that somebody, somewhere, will just say no.
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