Good for them! Piracy is a HUGE problem and Im happy to see this be controlled. I mean, forget about the real problems in New York.

What a friggin joke this is.

"Dangerous nature" ?????? Wow, I guess I'm never going to New York again. I can't believe people copy DVD's and sell them. I'm glad I don't live across the street from those devil worshipers. But it would be funny to see some dogs sniffing around for some DVD's. It's like something they would put in a movie, a Waynes Brother's movie or something.

Piracy IS a huge problem. You act like this is something new. What ever can be done to combat pirates SHOULD be done. Those who think combating piracy is a joke deserve to be caught.

It actualy benefits the public in New York the pirate dvd's sold on the streets are fu*kin terrible. I bought one out of lazyness as i knew there was a screener relase out there so instead of having to "aquire" it somhow and copy it to dvd i bought a street copy and oh my god! it was like the guy turned on his camera and didnt know he had to point it at the screen and as i remember he had a huge bag full of them, they would be worth more money if they were blank

It actualy benefits the public in New York the pirate dvd's sold on the streets are fu*kin terrible. I bought one out of lazyness as i knew there was a screener relase out there so instead of having to "aquire" it somhow and copy it to dvd i bought a street copy and oh my god! it was like the guy turned on his camera and didnt know he had to point it at the screen and as i remember he had a huge bag full of them, they would be worth more money if they were blank

Oh wait stop all Drug training for dogs.. Start training then to sniff out DVD and CDs.. How do they distiguish between original and backup copies?? Let me guess they train them with Metallica and Paramount Pictures Dvds and Cds...

I still don't get why there are only two dogs. If they are so successful, why don't they train others?

What I would like to know is how many false hits these two dogs are giving. You know that people are shipping home movies thro the mail system and shipping companys and the dogs can't determine how many movies there, just that there is a "home-brewed" DVD in the package. The dogs are given the credit for a few good busts, what about the mojority of the false hits? This has got to drive 'em crazy.

Alright let me just say piracy is really easy,and if they want to stop it then all they have to do is get rid of the tools to produce pirated material.I mean you don't need trained dogs sniffing the dye on dvds to catch people in the act.

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How do they distiguish between original and backup copies??

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Burnable media is manufactured with different materials than media which is pressed.

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"Dangerous nature" ?????? Wow, I guess I'm never going to New York again. I can't believe people copy DVD's and sell them. I'm glad I don't live across the street from those devil worshipers. But it would be funny to see some dogs sniffing around for some DVD's. It's like something they would put in a movie, a Waynes Brother's movie or something.

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I'm pretty sure they are talking about the trend that large scaled movie pirates also deal in drug trafficking and such. Since the penalty for DVD/CD piracy is harsher than drugs, guns, terror, murder, and rape, they are charged for piracy. They probably use the dogs to sniff out drugs and if they don't find DVDs, they let them go.

It can't be from the smell of DVDs, cause what would happen if they raid a DVD duplication/replication facility? Or those people that do wedding and home movie to DVD? I'm sure you can train a dog to sniff out DVDs, but they will not be able to tell which are pirating shops and which are legitimate.

They dont care about some dude on the street selling some screeners. They want to bust the bodegas that have a stockpile in the back. Only 2 dogs? These are the same dogs they had in Malaysia a while back with medals around their neck. Never thought I would see a thread like this one.

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wow...and yet...where are the dogs that sniff out rapists, murders, child molesters, embezzlers, kidnappers, child pornographers...

when are they going to be trained?

So how can these dogs tell the difference between a legitimate and counterfeit DVD? Whenever I travel, I always take some (legitimate) DVD's with me. Are dogs going to sniff that at the airport and I'll get arrested in the future?
I really wonder how they keep coming up with these far fetched ideas

From what I've read, the dogs can only tell when there's a large amount of DVD media present. They can't distinguish between legitimate and counterfeit necessarily, but when they find a large amount that raises suspicion, it would be able to be checked out and verified if it's legit or not.

The mpaa and the riaa would be loving this.

@Jlhfit Since the war on drugs is a TOTAL bust they may as well train the dogs to do something else. The thing that irks me when the movie and music industries talk about piracy is that they claim that they are losing money from piracy and seem not to consider the fact that most people who are willing to spend a few $$ for a pirated dvd or cd ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FULL PRICE, and so they would never have received ANY money from those people.