My only intention here is to ask a simple, logical question. If someone is looking at providing only a law enforcement audio feed, why must he agree to a slew of restrictions pertaining to many other types of feeds he has no interest in offering? Do you see what I'm asking? You may not see any harm in agreeing to restrictions that don't seem to apply to you, but I'm like a lot of other native Texans in that my palms start itching for weapons when I'm expected to commit to a bunch of additional restrictions not even relevant to me.
Please understand that I do get that you're just covering your rear, and that's completely reasonable in this sort of situation. Yet, requiring all would-be feed providers to agree to restrictions applying to situations they might find unimaginable is, well, problematic. It would be relatively simple to programmatically tailor the policy agreement to the types of feeds someone intends to offer. That's something I'd have no qualms committing to.
In truth, my Southwest Harris County LE feed has been up on Tunein.com for over two years. Admittedly, it would be nice to add Broadcastify to my stable of outlets because that has the largest pool of scannerheads. I just cannot bring myself to consent to a blanket agreement that's mostly irrelevant to what I offer. I did check your feed database of feeds, and nobody else is really covering west Houston/Harris County. Too bad.
Incidentally, nearly everything in this region is on a P25 trunking system called TxWARN, and the tactical talkgroups are generally encrypted. That only further erodes the value of your feed provider agreement.
Scott
Please understand that I do get that you're just covering your rear, and that's completely reasonable in this sort of situation. Yet, requiring all would-be feed providers to agree to restrictions applying to situations they might find unimaginable is, well, problematic. It would be relatively simple to programmatically tailor the policy agreement to the types of feeds someone intends to offer. That's something I'd have no qualms committing to.
In truth, my Southwest Harris County LE feed has been up on Tunein.com for over two years. Admittedly, it would be nice to add Broadcastify to my stable of outlets because that has the largest pool of scannerheads. I just cannot bring myself to consent to a blanket agreement that's mostly irrelevant to what I offer. I did check your feed database of feeds, and nobody else is really covering west Houston/Harris County. Too bad.
Incidentally, nearly everything in this region is on a P25 trunking system called TxWARN, and the tactical talkgroups are generally encrypted. That only further erodes the value of your feed provider agreement.
Scott