washingtonpost.com — The Motion Picture Association of America will stop at nothing to prevent the international trafficking of pirated movies. The film industry lobby is enlisting the help of two Labradors, Lucky and Flo, that have been trained to smell chemicals found in DVDs. The problem: Pirated DVDs smell just like regular ones!
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Closed AccountSep 28, 2006
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHH HAHAHAH AHA HA HHA A
fanoffilmSep 28, 2006
no, the point is that recordable discs with legal data on them are made of the same stuff as the ones containing "pirated" material. how many dvds out there just contain personal data? you're going to have to stop and search all people with recordable media just to find the ones with something they're not supposed to have. that's what the writer was making fun of.
montaggSep 28, 2006
Lobbies never care if they're made out to be fools. People who unconditionally support them will do just that regardless of their actions.
cornstarchSep 28, 2006
I'm talking about the stores that stock counterfeit stuff.
Closed AccountSep 28, 2006
A lot of cd-r's smell like piss. Switched to dvd-r...
mizgnomerSep 28, 2006
The title of this submission is misleading. The program has not failed and the MPAA has not been embarrassed. The article calls the fact that purchased DVD smell the same as pirated ones a "potential embarrassment". The article says that the dogs have made some real busts thus far.I'm not agreeing with the MPAA and their tactics, just stating what the article says for those of you who are celebrating too early.
necodivadSep 28, 2006
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." -4th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.Shocking how the MPAA is complaining that it should be illegal for people to not buy their product, but at the same time they violate the Constitution. This doesn't shock nor frighten me. Anyone caught by these people would have a great time suing them for violation of said amendment. Hell, the police don't have the power these people would claim to possess. As much as I personally dislike the ACLU, they would almost certainly take up a case based on this.
thempaaSep 28, 2006
True story.
thempaaSep 28, 2006
Look, suing 12 year old girls for downloading stuff can only take you so far, OK?
hidamaAug 23, 2007
"Who's a good boy, hm? Who's a good boy who likes the smell of DVDs? Yes, that's you, my schnook'ems"