MPAA Shows Off Anti-Piracy Dogs in Dubai
Written by Ernesto on December 06, 2006The MPAA demonstrated one of its latest anti-piracy tools to their Arab colleagues in Dubai: Two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo. A “highly effective” tool in the “war against piracy” according to the MPAA.
“We are used to dogs sniffing out explosives, firearms or drugs, but to be able to sniff out optical discs from luggage, that’s new,” said Scott Butler, President of the Arab Anti-piracy Union, in a response.
Lucky and Flo are trained to recognize DVDs and CDs, but unfortunately they cannot (yet) smell if the discs are pirated.
Dubai customs scan incoming containers and luggage with X-rays, but they are now considering to use disc-sniffing dogs as well. Ahmad bin Zaal, head of the Anti-Customs Crimes Tracking Unit said that this new “technology” will be implemented by Dubai Customs as soon as it’s approved by the authorities.
No, this is not satire, this one’s real.
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Read an earlier article about this before. And it’s just FUD since it will not work in prosecuting and first of all detaining anyone, to do that you need a legislation to ban ALL recordable media, something people will just flip the bird on and start using USB media etc. Fucking pathetic.
wouldnt you just says you have a copy at home but dont like taking the real nes on holiday. I only ever take copies to stop the nice ones getting broken.
So authentic media smells differently than pirated media?
I’m a Dubai-national & live here in Dubai.
This is thing is true.. it’s a miracle from God ^_^
LOL WTF is this?? So everyone with a discman is gonna get mauled by dogs?
Fanano, I’m pretty sure you’re retarded.
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