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Re:Hedge funds listened to Bank of England briefings a few s... by gruez on Saturday December 21, 2019 @03:48PM (#21853285)
>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.

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Re:Hedge funds listened to Bank of England briefings a few s... by koolba on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:00PM (#21853335)
“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.
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Re:Hedge funds listened to Bank of England briefings a few s... by mentat on Saturday December 21, 2019 @03:59PM (#21853333)
It's a public press conference, you can't eavesdrop on it.
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Re:Hedge funds listened to Bank of England briefings a few s... by gruez on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:02PM (#21853349)
Presumably 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.
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