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DVD Sniffing Dogs

Posted by: , 08:53 AEST, Thu September 28, 2006
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The MPAA is really getting desperate
DVD Sniffing Dogs







Black Labradors Lucky and Flo made their debut Sept. 20 at a Washington, D.C., coming out event. The pair were specially trained in Ireland — at a cost of $9,000 each — to sniff out the polycarbonates and other chemicals in software discs.

They can’t distinguish between legitimate and pirated discs, but an MPAA spokesperson said they will focus on finding discs that are not on cargo manifests, since legitimate shipments are registered. More...

Credit: Home Media Retailing


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