Savebetamax.org National Call-in Day 249
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."
I tried to publicise it. (Score:1, Informative)
RTFA and blurb (Score:2, Informative)
It would be madness if Hollywood et al got their way, if only because as the article stated, Hollywood benefitted enourmously from sales of VCR.
Coral cache (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.downhillbattle.org.nyud.net:8090/ [nyud.net]
http://www.virtualrecordings.com.nyud.net:8090/be
c'mon people.. we talk about using coral to prevent killing webservers, then we don't use it in the main post.
get with it! =)
So, this means (Score:5, Informative)
No, seriously, they could have chosen a better name. "Save Betamax" doesn't mean shit to Joe Consumer (How many people actually remember that decision?). If you phrase it as "They're going to make it illegal to set your VCR to tape a show while you're away on vacation", that'll mean a lot more, although it would be a crappy domain name. But I'll be calling anyway, and you all should too. Write letters to the editors of your local papers,while you're at it.
What This Actually Means (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Write-in Day? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Finally! (Score:3, Informative)
No one's listening. (Score:3, Informative)
Let's face it: the politicians stopped listening to their constituents a long time ago.
If I may quote the great FZ from "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing":
Re:Coral cache (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Finally! (Score:5, Informative)
I just don't get it. I hope we do slashdot them. Heck, you can hit the EFF Action Center [eff.org] and faxslashdot them.
Re:Actually Beta is quite Popular (Score:5, Informative)
Beta was Sony's commercial endeavour and it was quite the hit, as you are claiming. BetaMax was the related, but different physical tape, consumer attempt that died a horrid death.
Re:Not too worried - I live in a free country (Score:2, Informative)
wrong wrong wrong wrong!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Regardless if the INDUCE Act will be used or judged this way, to say that judges don't look to the intent of the law they are weighing the facts against is just ignorant.
-truth
Re:wrong wrong wrong wrong!!! (Score:1, Informative)
Otherwise your post is spot on.
Re:So, this means (Score:2, Informative)
How about Save the iPod?
The Free Culture student movement is already running just that campaign: SaveTheiPod.com [savetheipod.com]
We've also launched a continuation of the campaign here: SaveThe.org [savethe.org]
So check out those sites, and then go to FreeCulture.org [freeculture.org] and join the international student movement for free culture.
(If it isn't already abundantly clear, I'm part of the movement.)
Lettered (Score:2, Informative)