Doggie bags
The Malaysian government has trained dogs to sniff out illegal copies of DVDs. Really. In fact, the dogs do so well that they've been given a medal. Lucky and Flo, two black Labs, have been trained to sniff out the chemicals used in DVD manufacture. Apparently angry video pirates have put out a $28K reward on the dogs, but they've been protected so far.
The Reuters article ends on the laughingly absurd figure of $6 Billion annual losses to the movie industry from piracy. This number is predicated on the ridiculous assumption that the millions of copies of movies watched by college kids on 14" computer monitors are a substitute for actual purchases.
Posted on August 21, 2007
