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- VtmnR, on 10/12/2007, -12/+115That's kinda sad.... :(
I pirate stuff and all, but I wouldn't advocate this. - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+103Those guys are giving pirates a bad name.
Everyone knows real pirates are more like Robin Hood. - joshman5k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+93There is a big difference between people who pirate stuff, and people who sell pirated stuff.
And of course no body would condone this. - lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -6/+80I love piracy but I love dogs more.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+62You should train your dog to pirate.
- n0sferatu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42Better yet, train your dog to be a pirate. Argggg.
- AgentMull, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40Have you ever smelled a spindle of fresh cds or dvds? I love that smell.
- AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33another thought: can i rent one of them? i lost a LOTR DVD in my house somewhere, maybe the dogs could find it
- markopolo2952, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39That's extremely depressing. Poor puppies.
Do DVD's have a smell?? - UO07, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Why can't they just kidnap the dogs and give them a nice home?
- Tourney3p0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33You'd probably be slightly less baffled if you read the article.
- KnytFyre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Polycarbonates do have a smell. Open up a fresh spindle of CDs or DVDs and you'll smell what polycarbonate smells like.
edit: Looks like I'm not the only one with this thought, AgentMull below says something similar. - AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -11/+38what the hell do pirated DVDs smell like that legit ones don't??
- fuzzmeister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26It says in the article that the dogs cannot distinguish between real and pirated discs, they are just used to find hidden discs.
- yunus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24I would be very sad if dogs were killed by pirates.
I would not be very sad if MPAA members were killed by pirates. - Tourney3p0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Good question. If only the article had included a sentence such as the following:
"They cannot tell the difference between real and pirated discs, but can detect discs hidden in shipments or concealed places."
Damn lazy journalists. - kyc050564, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Most of the pirated DVDs in Malaysia are pressed.
From the article: "They cannot tell the difference between real and pirated discs, but can detect discs hidden in shipments or concealed places." - NeoCortex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22I never realised they were using dogs to find pirated discs.
I guess all those years throwing a frisbee with my dog was really just training him to be a potential RIAA agent. - CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Sounds like a Disney movie in the making..
- Dreww40, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Lucky and Flo are trained to detect polycarbonates — chemicals used in the disc manufacturing process. They cannot tell the difference between real and pirated discs, but can detect discs hidden in shipments or concealed places.
- lowfalls, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17It'd be hilarious if the dogs acted like cliche rebel movie cops. Y'know, ones a crazy, trigger happy loner and the other is a fat, street smart dog who's days away from retirement. It could only get better if the guy who's after them is named Mendoza.
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15"Have you ever smelled a spindle of fresh cds or dvds? I love that smell."
The reason you love that smell is because you're getting a small high from it, while the factory chemicals you inhale kill off some of your brain cells. - deannnnnn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13"Fry, remember what I told you about always ending your stories a sentence earlier?"
- venom8599, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13If I remember correctly I read an article that mentioned dogs can usually smell around six or seven distinct scents. So they'd probably think "Hm, peanut butter...and some DVDs."
- jackhole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I like many things about this post:
(1) Dogs not recognizing your personal space are considered a lethal threat.
(2) You think you're a tough guy because you can take out a labrador retriever.
(3) You believe law enforcement agencies can not employ people, animals, or items made by private corporations. Your objection to being inspected by an MPAA-trained dog is just about as sensible as objecting to being detained by a police officer not wearing self-made clothing.
(4) You believe Malaysian pirates are being sought because they are trading home video on DVD.
Unreal. - dnthomps, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"the sniffer dogs, who are on loan for a month from the Motion Picture Association of America."
This is something that I can support. Wow. Never pictured myself supporting anything to do with MPAA. They really need to go after these big-time rings and stop stepping on the people who are casually downloading or maybe even just trying to catch up on an episode via Youtube. Does the US have major problems with people selling pirated goods? No. Not when compared to China, Malaysia, and others.
Now excuse me while I go through the next couple stories on the home page and find yet another reason to hate the MPAA. - jackhole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10We might as well face the truth; as long as we're pirates, these dogs will control our lives.
- polityka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I think the point is if your DVD shipment is legit, you would declare it. The customs guys can check the paper work and eyeball your shipment if necessary. No need for these dogs to come sniffing.
If you are a pirate trying to smuggle 50,000 DVDs into another country, you would probably want to hide it in say, a container full of fish. That's when the dogs would come in useful. Sniffing containers that are supposed to hold other stuff. Also, if you have been to Malaysia, they have shops selling pirated DVDs. Some of these shops have hidden backrooms or off-site holding areas. These dogs would also come in useful for these situations. - edward1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10smells like profit dollars baby!!
- liah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Poor dogs.. They really don't deserve that, they don't know any better. Especially for pirated DVD's. Awful.
- steeeler58, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Wrap the disks in peanut butter. The dog's will never know!
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10You know how us petty humans love that 'new' smell ? Maybe it's that, otherwise I also am in a 'W-T-F' moment after reading the title/description.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I remember hearing about a mixture of meat and other chemicals in ww2 they used to keep nazi dogs from finding hidden people on boats
it would screw with their smelling long enough to allow the people with the hidden people to escape
perhaps if pirates were that smart they wouldnt have to resort to animal cruelty - bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You smell that? Do you smell that? polycarbonates, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of polycarbonates in the morning. Smells Like Freedom
- joshman5k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8They sit when they sniff out plastic I believe.
- alternateheaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@ 1911wolf
Dogs trained to sniff will not make contact with the item but rather sit down near it, so a big lab sitting at your feet is not a threat which would authorize you to shoot it, secondly depending on the state and part of the airport its is illegal to carry your weapon unless it is unloaded and locked up in your checked luggage as well as being previously declared. Also if you had taken the time to read the damn article you would notice that it was in Malaysia not the US, thus the MPAA and RIAA have precisely 0 power, they can cajole and coerce local agencies but thats about it. Please refrain from spewing verbal sewage which tarnishes the image of reasonable law abiding CCW holders. - SwissCamel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I'm afraid I've got to disagree with this, couldn't they just do something to their noses?
- NeoCortex, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Pirate-hunting dogs? I guess they've finally trained ninja-canines.
- totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6ffs, just leave the dogs alone.
- theone3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Every time you download a movie, the pirates kill a puppy.
(I can't believe it took this long for someone to say that) - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The smells of both disks are the same
its just easier to find disks that could be pirated if they use that smell to find them in crates and whatever with hidden compartments - weister42, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Makes me wonder if there are bounties on those RIAA people.
- Zaetha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@ amishrefugee
Arg, Rum? - mitrovarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The pirate's original plan to use dog-sniffing dogs to find these animals was discontinued after the test animals chased their own tails for 48 hours straight, then passed out from exhaustion.
- x788, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"1 million discs worth $2.8 million" = $2.8 / disc
i assume that there going by the price for a copy of the pirated version... - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, but piracy is apparently.
- flarn2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I love dogs and I would never kill one, even if I would get a bounty.
- dasunst3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4OK. I don't condone piracy, let alone killing dogs that only know that they get a reward by barking upon detection of some smell. I do know, however, that there needs to be a change in strategy.
- KnytFyre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5OMG, just because you said that, some hollywood writer just went into high gear. I can hear the "*****-a-mia"s already.
- alternateheaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sweet jesus the number of people commenting without having fully read the article really is staggering. I'm beginning to think the attention span of people here is measured not in minutes or seconds but microseconds...
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