The Motion Picture Association of America on Thursday unveiled its latestHollywood unleashes dogs in war on movie piracy
tool in the war on movie piracy: a pair of DVD-sniffing Labrador Retrievers
named Lucky and Flo.
The job for Lucky and Flo will be to sniff out optical discs in luggage or other containers, and stop the discs from getting to manufacturing plants where they can be reproduced.
But before they begin their new job, Lucky and Flo will go on a world tour
of cities such as Hong Kong and Singapore, just as movie stars go on tour to promote their latest films.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Dogs vs. Pirates
We can all rest easier at night now that the MPAA has DVD sniffing dogs in its anti-piracy arsenal. That's right, two specially trained Labrador retrievers are now on a global mission to defend America from the evils of copyright infringement. In what I've termed Operation Useless Publicity Stunt:
