Savebetamax.org National Call-in Day

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Posted by timothy on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:11PM from the they-want-to-save-the-boston-strangler dept.

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."

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Finally! (Score:5, Funny)

by MightyYar ( 622222 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:13PM (#10231018)

A chance to slashdot congress!

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First thought... (Score:5, Funny)

by chill ( 34294 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:14PM (#10231032) Journal

...was "damn, are they DECADES to late! These Sony BetaMax nuts are worse than Mac people or Amiga owners -- and that is saying something."

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They'll call this terrorism. (Score:5, Funny)

by rokzy ( 687636 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:15PM (#10231034)

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.

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What happens then? (Score:2, Funny)

by usefool ( 798755 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:17PM (#10231048) Homepage

If Betamax was really saved by this project, what's going to happen?

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Uhhh (Score:5, Funny)

by Frogbert ( 589961 ) writes: <{frogbert} {at} {gmail.com}> on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:18PM (#10231050)

Umm the 80's called... they want their format back.

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Ummm, the 90s called... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:23PM (#10231086)

...they want their joke back.

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and campaign for shorter movies too! (Score:2, Funny)

by myowntrueself ( 607117 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:36PM (#10231170)

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???

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Re:Obligiatory Simpsons Quote (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:36PM (#10231171)

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!

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Uhhhh, a mime called... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @08:53PM (#10231281)

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Re:We've heard this song before... (Score:5, Funny)

by nomadic ( 141991 ) writes: <nomadicworld@@@gmail...com> on Sunday September 12, 2004 @09:32PM (#10231491) Homepage

In short, these guys come up with nice ideas that don't work due to real world constraints.

Oh, they're libertarians?

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Re:We've heard this song before... (Score:1, Funny)

by jb.hl.com ( 782137 ) writes: <joe.joe-baldwin@net> on Sunday September 12, 2004 @10:03PM (#10231657) Homepage Journal

No, Communists.

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If calling doesn't work... (Score:3, Funny)

by ravenspear ( 756059 ) writes: on Sunday September 12, 2004 @10:33PM (#10231851)

The assault weapons ban expires in 90 minutes. ;)

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Re:Not too worried - I live in a free country (Score:3, Funny)

by Peyna ( 14792 ) writes: on Monday September 13, 2004 @12:06AM (#10232344) Homepage

Perhaps the orginal poster confused you cannucks with pirates?

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Re:They'll call this terrorism. (Score:3, Funny)

by Valar ( 167606 ) writes: on Monday September 13, 2004 @12:58AM (#10232597)

*whoosh*

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Re:Actually Beta is quite Popular (Score:5, Funny)

by Fred_A ( 10934 ) writes: <fred@f r e d s h o m e . o rg> on Monday September 13, 2004 @04:30AM (#10233411) Homepage

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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Savebetamax.org National Call-in Day

Finally! (Score:5, Funny)

First thought... (Score:5, Funny)

They'll call this terrorism. (Score:5, Funny)

What happens then? (Score:2, Funny)

Uhhh (Score:5, Funny)

Ummm, the 90s called... (Score:3, Funny)

and campaign for shorter movies too! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Obligiatory Simpsons Quote (Score:0, Funny)

Uhhhh, a mime called... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:We've heard this song before... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:We've heard this song before... (Score:1, Funny)

If calling doesn't work... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Not too worried - I live in a free country (Score:3, Funny)

Re:They'll call this terrorism. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Actually Beta is quite Popular (Score:5, Funny)

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