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Savebetamax.org National Call-in Day
Rinisari writes "Savebetamax.org, a project of Downhill Battle, has set up a national call-in day for September 14th. They ask that on that day, each person signed up call a specific congressperson about the INDUCE act in an effort to keep a steady stream of calls all day. The "Save Betamax" nomenclature comes from the fact that the INDUCE act could reverse the decision in the 1984 Sony v. Universal case regarding Sony's Betamax VTRs and copying of copyrighted movies."
A chance to slashdot congress!
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
...was "damn, are they DECADES to late! These Sony BetaMax nuts are worse than Mac people or Amiga owners -- and that is saying something."
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
a conspiracy to affect communications and actions of the country's leaders.
who the hell do these people think they are anyway deserving the attention of congressmen? they don't even pay the campaign bills.
If Betamax was really saved by this project, what's going to happen?
Uselessful technology (Air-Charged
Umm the 80's called... they want their format back.
...they want their joke back.
Should really campaign alongside this for the movie industry to make shorter movies (so they will fit on a betamax tape).
Yeah I know, RTFA, but *still* betamax???
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Damn straight! I'm always getting pissed off at those uppity neighbor kids who act all high and mighty with their fucking pastel paintings. My water colors kick their asses!
In short, these guys come up with nice ideas that don't work due to real world constraints.
Oh, they're libertarians?
No, Communists.
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
The assault weapons ban expires in 90 minutes. ;)
Perhaps the orginal poster confused you cannucks with pirates?
What?
Bah, typical of Sony, shipping the Beta product and never issuing the final version... ;)
I've used Beta a lot though and compared to the other formats available before it became the de-facto standard it indeed was much nicer.
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