Fake DVD sniffing dogs

Dear fair use consumer large-scale phony DVD mafia ringleader: we certainly don't hope you're using FedEx UK to ship around those counterfeit movies en masse to clients like an illegitimate Netflix or something. Why, you may ask? Good question. The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has begun employing two very special black labs for the express purpose of sniffing out pirated DVDs. If it sounds fantastical, think again. The two doggies who volunteered for the job, Lucky and Flo, have already begun sniffing out phony DVDs from packed parcels (the third, Hustle, quit to pursue an acting career as the vicious  barking dog in hip hop videos). Never mind the privacy implications for those mailing backup DVDs to themselves (like, when they're moving), this is all about nailing the more nefarious counterfeiting individuals who may soon have to find a better way to move their wares -- unless they just give up and put Lucky and Flow out of business. In which case can they come help sniff out our keys? We're like, totally late, really gotta go.

[Butch @ May 8th 2006 7:41AM]

Ummm... I think you were too busy trying to be clever and forgot to post the relevant link. Well done.

[kaius. @ May 8th 2006 7:49AM]

good spotting butch!

gotta keep these writers on their toes!

[Shmee150 @ May 8th 2006 7:55AM]

How on earth can I dog smell a DVD???

ShMeE

[Lester @ May 8th 2006 7:56AM]

why does the link on the picture direct you to an article about sticky glue?

[chris @ May 8th 2006 8:01AM]

why does the link go to a news site about glue? and how the hell do dogs smell DVD's?!?!?

[Hans Gruber @ May 8th 2006 8:15AM]

maybe they sniffed enough jiffy bags and now can only get the same rush by sniffing glue?

[yelohbird @ May 8th 2006 8:36AM]

The correct link is at:
http://www.netscape.co.uk/technology/8.html?DOGS%20TRAINED%20TO%20SNIFF%20OUT%20FAKE%20DVDS

And sadly, the article says nothing about the methods the dogs use to sniff out DVDs.

[GP @ May 8th 2006 9:50AM]

To Shmee150:

Apparently you havn't purchased a counterfeit DVD before. I have one in my collection, didn't know it until after I bought it. If you smell the dvd it has a completly different smell than a legit one.

[Thor @ May 8th 2006 10:13AM]

Well, they always say that terrorists are funded by pirateing movies and software, so maybe they are just sniffing for tracematerial of bombmaking material that is still on the dvdpackaging guys from making that next bomb... ;)

[Bran @ May 8th 2006 10:57AM]

Just start packing your dvd's in coffee beans. Or packing anything in coffee beans for that matter. Don't do drugs kids.

[Potatomasher @ May 8th 2006 11:09AM]

Hmmm, would it be a coincidence then that the world's largest exporter of drugs, is also one of the world's top coffee producers ?? :)

[APPLEsucks @ May 8th 2006 11:25AM]

BlackDog and TopDog, two of my all time fav movies.

[Al @ May 8th 2006 12:05PM]

Are they fake DVDs or fake dogs?

[Matt @ May 8th 2006 12:10PM]

What, they're smelling out burned DVDs? What if they contain home movies or something like that? That's BS. This has got to be a joke, right?

[Pat @ May 8th 2006 1:06PM]

my dog sniffs out pirates, real pirates, arrrrrggggg.

[187 - John Doe @ May 8th 2006 1:07PM]

Can your mail just be searched in the US? Because here in Germany there's something called a "postal secret" whereas they are not allowed to open your mail assuming it's a national shipment. Internationals might be opened by the "tax guys".

[Hans Gruber @ May 8th 2006 2:27PM]

My dog has a peg-leg

[Perrey Z. @ May 8th 2006 2:33PM]

OK, Everyone here's how it goes. Legal DVDs are manufacture using special discs {more on this later} coated with a special and unique "factory new smell" chemical solution that's applied during the manufacturing process of the discs. NOT THE CASE.

Only legal producer/manufactuers have access to this chemical solution. Also, the media or discs use are no the same ones sold at retail, these are industrial type stock manufactured with different components and technique by Maxell, TDK or Fuji.

Illegal manufacturers can produce these DVDs to near perfection using retail media/discs but they cannot duplicate the "factory new smell" chemical solution, the hologram logo stickers or hologram wrap used by some movie studios.

These dogs are train with the smell of ALL legal movie studios productions/manufacturing facilities, and the illegal ones. That's how they can detect the counterfeit shipments. The paper and ink use for the covers and slip notes inside the DVDs are also not commercially available.

[Ayrkain @ May 8th 2006 3:44PM]

I had a DVD sniffing dog with a wooden leg, named Smith!

[Matt @ May 8th 2006 6:03PM]

Perrey Z: So, if the dog smells something, they'll open that person's mail? What if it's some guy sending home movies to family? That's bullshit.

[Apoco-Lips @ May 8th 2006 8:40PM]

arent there machines that can analyse the chemicals involved (in essence smelling them)?

..couldve sworn i saw them do it with something that had a bomb in it maybe it was a movie or some sci-fi tv show...

[Tim @ May 8th 2006 9:44PM]

Chuck Norris doesn't need a DVD burner to make counterfeit movies, just the passion for kicking someone's ass that burns in his eyes!

[beerbelly @ May 9th 2006 6:57AM]

Oh man, I'm so dead!