[h3] Customs dogs trained to sniff out DVDs in luggage [/h3] FedEx, the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have successfully trained a pair of dogs to detect DVDs in boxes. Why? Because, as you know, DVD piracy supports terrorists.
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[font class="content"]Posted on Wednesday, May 10 @ 15:59:43 PDT
[a href="http://www.spacegrinder.com/"][/a][/font][a href="http://www.spacegrinder.com/article-topic-0.html"][img]http://www.spacegrinder.com/article8.html" alt="" align="right" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="10"][/a] [font class="content"]The dogs, Lucky and Flo, faced their first test at the FedEx UK hub at Stansted Airport. [img]http://www.spacegrinder.com/storyimages/dog.jpg" alt="sniffer dogs" align="right" border="0" height="141" hspace="4" vspace="4" width="188"]
"FedEx was glad to assist in Lucky and Flo's first live test in a working situation. They were amazingly successful at identifying packages containing DVDs, which were opened and checked by HM Customs' representatives. While all were legitimate shipments on the day, our message to anyone thinking about shipping counterfeit DVDs through the FedEx network is simple: you're going to get caught."
Kinda makes me thing twice about shipping anything through FedEX. Seriously, this is like training drug dogs to find plastic bags.
From the MPAA press release:
"United Kingdom, Los Angeles - - The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), express delivery company FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs, has joined forces to launch an exciting new initiative to help combat DVD piracy.
As part of a project promoted by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), FACT instigated the training of two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo by one of the world's leading experts in the field whose other clients include police, fire and rescue service. The dogs were trained over an eight month period to identify DVDs that may be located in boxes, envelopes or other packaging, as well as discs concealed amongst other goods which could be sold illegally in the UK. These DVDs are often smuggled by criminal networks involved in large scale piracy operations from around the world."[/font]
