While the world is closed thanks to COVID-19, San Diego Comic-Con organizers opted to host an online convention, so at least the entertainment industry could continue to enjoy that annual public relations boost in mid-2015. July. Things started to go wrong, however, during the Star Trek panel, which featured a table read by the cast of Star Trek: Discovery. How Deadline reports:
About 15 minutes after the ever-expanding Trekverse’s extensive offering, it all seemed to close on Comic-Con’s YouTube site. Like Sonequa Martin-Green and others from the cast of Star Trek: Discovery they were delivering a reading chart from their season 2 finale ‘Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2’, the prerecorded broadcast suddenly said “video not available.”
The power outage lasted approximately 20 minutes before the dramatic panel and augmented video increased again at 10:35 PM PST.
According to a CBS All Access spokesperson, the mysterious 20-minute gap only affected viewers who joined the panel after it started. They received an error message saying, “The video contains CBS CID content, which has been blocked for copyright reasons.” Oops.
Fortunately, the blackout is absent from the archive video of the event on YouTube. But it’s still a shameful screen for overly aggressive algorithmic content control.
‘Star Trek’ on Comic-Con @ Home panel darkens for a short time on CBS Copyright Glitch [Dominic Patten / Deadline]
Image: Chris Favero / Flickr (CC 2.0)
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