Comments on: San Francisco Goodwill Launches Challenge to Solve VHS Disposal Problem https://www.goodwill.org/blog/news-updates/san-francisco-goodwill-launches-challenge-to-solve-vhs-disposal-problem/ Local Goodwills are nonprofits that help people overcome challenges to build skills, find jobs and grow their careers. #PowerOfWork Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jesse Skeen https://www.goodwill.org/blog/news-updates/san-francisco-goodwill-launches-challenge-to-solve-vhs-disposal-problem/#comment-1872 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:12:17 +0000 https://www.goodwill.org/?p=24885#comment-1872 Media should NEVER be disposed of! Blank tapes should be checked for any one-of-a-kind home videos, older ones (early 80s and before) should also be checked for any rare off-air TV recordings which could potentially be the only surviving copies of some things! Movie tapes may seem to be more disposable, but even those should be kept- SOMEONE out there will appreciate them!

I guess that “idea competition” is already over as it wouldn’t let me sign up. It absolutely sickens me to think of a single valuable tape going into the landfill or being destroyed. My idea would be to set up a worldwide repository where blank tapes are checked for content and anything valuable is digitized or otherwise backed up, and at least ONE copy of EVERY pre-recorded release is saved for posterity.

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