POSTSCRIPT: KySupremeCourtLIVE

I received a remark or two that my post "SCOKY WEBCAST: On line and successful" was a tad glowing.

Well, it was.  If anyone thought the on-line broadcasting of live Kentucky Supreme Court arguments went forward flawlessly based upon my review, then I apologize.

If anyone overlooked the historicity of the event, a feeling of not going backwards, and a realization that this was the beta test and it can only get better, then think again because the technological bugs of freeze frames, slow feed, bandwidth problems on your end, will surely end or be addressed soon. 

The bells and whistles should be forthcoming and the minimal glitches removed.

In the future, you might expect to see:

• Better server and/or broadcasting feed with minimal or non-existent freeze frame blips in future "live" feeds.  Of course, the remedy may be poorer and less intense video, however, let us leave that to the techno-folks.
• Arguments archived by case number and/or names, and dates.
• Archived files with better title pages (eg., labeled with case names, numbers, parties, issues, etc.; all of which can be culled from the argument calendar and copied into the leader).
• Opening the broadcast feed to a dummy page (eg., "Kentucky Supreme Court Live") five minutes before the arguments actually begin so you have the buffer open and running and do not have to keep "clicking" on the feed and potentially miss the intro.

Of course, the AOC's web site may need to integrate these elements better in the case information pages, eg., links to briefs, orders/opinions or lower courts, opinions of SCOKY on the case, and links to the oral arguments on line.

Next month, the eye will be a little more critical as we watch for improvements or simply acceptance of the status quo.  Innovation has its price - greater expectations!

The archived arguments should be "titled".

BTW:

The state's law schools might want to consider separately archiving the arguments on their own servers or having a direct and higher speed feed to a large screen (at the school) for selected arguments of wider appeal and interest.

I also understand with the consideration of "wifi" on the second floor of the Jefferson Judicial Center that bringing the arguments home is being considered.  However, do not forget that wireless has some speed limitation and thus bandwidth and freeze frames would/should/could ensue.