DVD pirates attempt subterfuge in war on crime dogs
By Paul Miller 
posted Mar 26th 2007 12:02PM
posted Mar 26th 2007 12:02PM
Our favorite DVD-sniffin' crime dogs, Lucky and Flo, won't just have that price on their heads to worry about now: bootleggers have added in chemical sprays to throw the dogs off the scent. The two dogs went into hiding when the bounty hunters started after them last week, and haven't participated in any raids since they busted up a $3 million piracy ring. Now police believe pirates are trying to "show off their strength" by getting pirated DVDs back onto the streets, and part of that effort is using chemical sprays to fool the dogs, which are on the hunt for polycarbonate chemicals -- the smell of plastic. We'll see how effective they are when Lucky and Flo get back out on those mean Malaysian streets, but Malaysia is already looking into training its own set of DVD sniffers, so these two won't be alone in their fight against Evil for long.
i hear Lucky & Flo are gonna go into movie reviewing when this gig dries up.
Yup! I can see it now:
Lucky: "Coming up next we'll tell you which smells better, Casino Royal or Flyboys."
Flo: "Stay tuned, we'll be right back."
Do legal DVDs go through a process that conceals that poly smell?
Ummm, since DVD pirates usually pack their items in huge boxes, why would you need dogs? If they are inspecting a suspected shipment, wouldn't you check every box since 1/2 the stuff made in the world is made of some kind of plastic.
Just transport em in a really big tub of peanut butter, no chemicals needed!
- Josh
http://www.StateOfBrain.com
Dogs are awesome.
God damn leave the poor dogs out of it!
:o(
When they used to smuggle people or drugs they'd use a handkerchief dipped in rabbits blood then rolled in cocaine. The person smuggling would drop the handkerchief and the dog would sniff it - and dull out its senses long enough to appear as tho there was nothing out of the ordinary
The MPAA is making this story bleed the words publicity stunt. This is almost like an arms race illegal dvds/games/application/music will be rampant in these third world countries because nobody there cares. If they shut down one ring of "DVD Bandits" then another one will come and fill its place. Its the same premise behind the DEA and drugs in America. I am so sick of this story.
instead of all that trouble, the mods should just recommend the dog-trainer to switch to Menu Food brand of dog food.
Surely we have the greatest argument for peer-peer file trading here. Encouraging free exchange puts the movie pirates out of business - we've been told for years how they are 'funding drugs/terrorism/whatever' and now they want to kill defenseless pooches as well! Download your films, fight dog-hunting terrorism!
this is really intersting... but what I really need is a dog that can sniff out a remote and find it when i lose it! and then i'd rent him out to other people who have lost their remotes and then open up a dog remote finding obedience school...
call the investors...
Honestly, I wish they would just figure out a new business model rather than preventing copying. That really seems like a big waste of resources.
It's all gone to the dogs, I tell 'ya!