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What does a “backup” mean, really? When a site posts multiple links to a stream, latter ones are “backups” but I’m not forbidden from using them. Most of the ti
by Redoubts 7y ago
What does a “backup” mean, really? When a site posts multiple links to a stream, latter ones are “backups” but I’m not forbidden from using them. Most of the time, backups are just less good alternatives. Ostensibly, a non-video stream should fit the bill...
- gruez 7y ago>When a site posts multiple links to a stream, latter ones are “backups” but I’m not forbidden from using them. That analogy only works if the BOE makes both streams available on a public basis. If the company is contracted only to provide a backup stream in case the primary failed, it stands to reason that they do not have the rights to stream/broadcast during normal circumstances. From a legal standpoint, it would be similar to eavesdropping on the live press conference using a bug.
- mentat 7y agoIt's a public press conference, you can't eavesdrop on it.
- gruez 7y agoPresumably it's not the type of press conference where the announcement in made in front of multiple journalists and news station cameras. If it was, well... I doubt banks would be paying £2,500-£5,000 (as claimed by the guardian) because they could just send an intern with a microphone for less.
- koolba 7y ago“Failed” is interesting in this context as it could be argued that only the backup feed was “working” 10 seconds before the other went live.