Isn’t it always the way. In the age of ever advancing and updating technology, it’s usually the old tried and true low tech answers that bring about the best results. The MPAA’s newest weapon in the fight against movie piracy isn’t some Star Trek inspired tricorder, but rather a couple of specially trained, pirated dvd sniffing, dogs.
The good folks over at Yahoo News give us this:
The dogs, named Lucky and Flo, participated in a probe resulting in raids on three retail outlets where investigators discovered thousands of hidden DVDs. Titles included “The Simpsons Movie,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Underdog,” the film inspired by a cartoon superhero beagle. Three people were arrested and charged with trademark counterfeiting.
It was their first assignment in the U.S., following a successful assignment in Malaysia in March. During that stint — dubbed Operation Double Trouble — they helped unearth nearly 1.9 million DVDs, three DVD replicating machines and 97 compact disc burners, worth $6 million. Twenty-six people were arrested on copyright violations. The operations were so successful that Malaysian movie pirates were reported to have placed a bounty of $29,000 on the dogs, prompting them to be kept under close guard.
Now, if only the MPAA can train them to sniff out computers that are downloading movies off the internet. Kidding. But I like where this is going. I say, let’s take it one step further! Let’s have each movie theater have a pair of dogs that are specifically trained to hear, identify and then rips the balls off of people talking in movie theaters, and piss on the face of those who pull out their cell phones. BRILLIANT!
