Anti-Piracy Dog Uncovers Huge Cache of Discs

sgt scrub writes "I've never thought about sniffing my CDs before buying them but that is all about to change. According to this Yahoo! news article, dogs can be trained to tell the difference between a legit copy of a DVD and one from those pesky pirates. From the article, 'A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday. Paddy was given to Malaysia by the MPA to help close down piracy syndicates, which churn out vast quantities of illegal DVDs. The dog is specially trained to detect chemicals in the discs.'" We ran a story about anti-piracy dogs being trained in Ireland a few years ago.

Comments

Insightful?

[justinlee37]

I think that was supposed to be funny. Only a true stoner would actually think this was "insightful" advice.

"Whoa dude, that would like, totally work! Far out, man!"

Re:And the blind?

[ImYourVirus]

'do not want'

Re:THAT is piracy

[Vainglorious Coward]

Every time I hear of copyright infringement being called theft or piracy it just bugs me...The piracy that is most targetted are illegal copies FOR SALE. These are the same illegal copies that the DVD CSS does not prevent.

I still don't think it's a good idea to describe these disks as "pirated" - the terms counterfeit or bootleg are far more appropriate. Let's reserve the pejorative "piracy" for what goes on off the coast of Somalia