A law in the UK requires payment to support the public broadcaster, with criminal fines for violations as high as $1,300. Roving vans spot signals emerging from non-paying households and the Crown has prosecuted children as young as 10.
Gawain Towler
The famed novelist wrote about the evils of gin joints, but ordered his butler to keep a stash of gin punch under his dinner table and serve it only to himself and his boss.