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Sniffer dogs trained to find DVDs

By Derek Sooman

On May 11, 2006, 8:03 PM

What will the Federation Against Copyright Theft come up with next? In their crusade to rid the world of piracy, and as part of a project promoted by the Motion Picture Association of America, FACT have trained a pair of dogs to locate DVDs.

Two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo will be doing their bit to fight the good fight against movie and music piracy by identifying DVDs among other items of cargo. So far in tests, the plucky hounds have been successful in locating packages and parcels containing DVDs at Stansted Airport. And just when you thought airports couldn’t get any more annoying…

Given the problems that drugs and their trafficking cause society in general, one might be forgiven for thinking that dynamic duo Lucky and Flo could be better employed in the hunt for smuggled narcotics, but FACT is hailing their successful training as a true victory.

"This is the first time dogs have been used anywhere in the world to search for counterfeit DVDs and the results were amazing", gushed FACT director general Raymond Leinster. "With the cooperation and assistance of FedEx and Customs we were able to properly test the dogs in a real life situation and prove that they can work in a busy airport environment."

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  1. May 12, 2006 3:19 AM
    mentaljedi said:
    Oh my god, what in the world? this is just... pathetic. Nothing else to say.
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  2. May 12, 2006 8:56 AM
    crossfire851 said:
    Yea, I was a little dumbfounded when I read this. This in my opinon is a waste of money.
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  3. May 12, 2006 10:09 AM
    DragonMaster said:
    ROFLMAOBT!! It's so pathetic!People selling counterfeit DVDs will have to hide the smell! Hehehe.
    Reply
  4. May 12, 2006 11:02 AM
    atk spade said:
    [b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]ROFLMAOBT!! It's so pathetic!People selling counterfeit DVDs will have to hide the smell! Hehehe.[/quote] Ground Coffee Works Well
    Reply
  5. May 12, 2006 1:23 PM
    nimo333 said:
    do they spray the DVDs with something that humans can't smell?
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  6. May 12, 2006 2:13 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    Pepper is supposed to make dogs all confused ; they don't know what they're smelling anymore. A human would smell coffee or pepper quite easily tho. We'll start to see fake coffee companies selling counterfeit DVDs. Digital Coffeehouse Inc. LOL!
    Reply
  7. May 13, 2006 12:22 AM
    truflip said:
    American tax dollar at work.. your own money might bite your butt in the end. sucks doesnt it.. this is not happening in Canada is it? =P
    Reply

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