One of the biggest virtual events of Comic-Con amid pandemic featuring the classic and popular Star Trek series went dark this Thursday, July 23. A 20-minute dead-air, replaced with a notice saying 'Video: Unavailable,' was seen on the Youtube live stream. Fans were confused about the reason behind the sudden dead-air, but it also quickly went live after a couple of minutes. Is it the famous villain 'Khan' again? Here's the explanation.
Curse you 'Khan'! Oops... It should be 'Curse you copyright'
Sorry Star Trek fans! There might be a huge glitch that happens in the recent Comic-Con Youtube live stream. If you'd been invited to the sci-fi Livestream earlier this day on July 23, you may have witnessed the sudden black screen that appeared on the platform.
Gizmodo reported that the San Diego Comic-Con's online event was a total success, in the beginning. When the ViacomCBS started its one-hour long for the first virtual SDCC, the company started trailers of its upcoming Star Trek: Lower Decks. The stream started, but then a quick jump happened from an awesome live stream to total darkness.
Youtube suddenly removed the live stream on-air for 20 minutes. It was then, replaced with a warning saying, "Video unavailable: This video contains content from CBS CID, who has blocked it on copyright grounds."
After 20 minutes, the video came back on-air. The panelists that were speaking, when the error was detected, remained no interruptions in the playback.
So, lucky to announced, it's not 'Khan' who did this sabotage. It was actually the Youtube bots that flagged the stream as a copyright violator.
Why is it flagged?
The upcoming animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks already released its official trailer, earlier this week. Of course, since its Star Trek all over again, fans would love to see how will it be different from the original series.
However, for Youtube, it's not a good sign. When Star Trek: Discovery began its "enhanced" read-through of the show's season 2 finale, with all the important sound effects, etc. Youtube detected the same familiar voices of the actors, which automatically set the live stream to a pirated content-- which of course, it wasn't.
The CBS All Access explained that "There was an issue with our content protection that unfortunately blocked the video briefly for users who came into the feed after the panel had started. It was an issue for a matter of minutes and was quickly resolved."
The San Diego Comic-Con International was supposed to happen, not in a virtual place. But since the Coronavirus pandemic occurred, the panelists decided to call-off the physical event and do it for an online platform.
