Enough people have asked for this that I figure I might as well make the option available:
You can now give tapes longer nicknames than before!
There are two versions:
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Special thanks to Cat for helping me figure out how to actually make this work in-game! Seriously, she's p great. Send her your love!
(Both versions will currently restrict tape nicknames to the first 32 characters in the Check Tape submenu to help with UI usability.)