They are not getting a free ride, nor dodging or evading but simply acting within the law. "You do not need a TV licence if you only watch content after it's been shown on television. This includes TV programmes downloaded or streamed after broadcast using a catch-up service". I myself have not watched TV live or catchup for over a year. I do however watch some interesting things on YouTube, should I have to pay a monopolised tax, sorry I mean a license fee just because there may be some old BBC programmes on there, me thinks not. This is not good old Auntie Beeb but a global corporation charged with collecting a tax on behalf of the government who then pays the BBC a large amount from the said tax. The BBC then pass some of this tax onto the sheriffs men, you may know them as Capita who prosicute people who choose to act within the lawful confines of the 2003 communications act. Good old Auntie beeb.