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DVD-sniffing dog makes big piracy bust

7 June 2009 1:03 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 20 comments

DVD-sniffing dog makes big piracy bust According to industry officials, an anti-piracy dog by the name of Paddy has made a large bust in Malaysia, uncovering 35,000 pirated discs in a few warehouses in the region.

The MPA added in a statement that the raids occurred last week in southern Johor. Paddy is trained to detect chemicals in DVD-R discs.

"Paddy led enforcement officers on a successful weekend operation to shut down the supply lines of pirated movie DVDs in the Malaysian state of Johor,"
read the statement.

"Post-raid investigations revealed that two of the targets were actively involved in exporting pirated DVDs to Singapore."

After the raids, 6 factories were shut down and brand new titles such as "Terminator Salvation", "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian", "Angels and Demons" and "Star Trek" were seized.

"This is a clear signal to the pirates that we will not waver in our efforts to shut them down,"
continued Mohamad Roslan Mahayudin, director-general of enforcement for the Malaysian ministry.

"We are glad to hear that Paddy's skills are being put to good use against the large, organised network of pirates involved in exporting illegal pirated DVDs to Singapore,"
concluded Mike Ellis, the MPA's Asia-Pacific managing director.

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    Morreale (Member) 7 June 2009 1:14 Send private message to this user   
    That can't be very healthy for the dog, sniffing out all those chemicals...
    shummyr (Member) 7 June 2009 1:32 Send private message to this user   
    pretty soon the dog will die from sniffing to many chemicals
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 7 June 2009 3:41 Send private message to this user   
    I wonder how many blank disc shipments these dogs have screwed up....mmm.....
    ntense69 (Newbie) 7 June 2009 13:24 Send private message to this user   
    makes me wonder how do they know that they aren't blank instead of pirated disks.....
    fidge6679 (Newbie) 7 June 2009 15:51 Send private message to this user   
    How the hell does a dog know the diff from written media to blank?

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7 June 2009 15:55

    Bluevoid (Newbie) 7 June 2009 18:02 Send private message to this user   
    Aduh.... the dog puts them in a PC to find out what's on them. Sheez..
    shummyr (Member) 7 June 2009 18:58 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
    I wonder how many blank disc shipments these dogs have screwed up....mmm.....
    Probably
    KillerBug (Senior Member) 7 June 2009 22:40 Send private message to this user   
    "Paddy is trained to detect chemicals in DVD-R discs."

    -I take it the pirates will start using bluray?
    Rudeboi (Junior Member) 7 June 2009 23:36 Send private message to this user   
    PETA vs. MPA!

    Round 1, FIGHT!
    evnflow (Senior Member) 8 June 2009 1:24 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Rudeboi:
    PETA vs. MPA!

    Round 1, FIGHT!
    what an unlikely ally for pirates that would be..haha..well if you ever needed strong-arm tactics against MPAA..they would be the group..haha
    grkblood (Senior Member) 8 June 2009 15:22 Send private message to this user   
    well, it seems like an unlawful way to gain a warrant. How can you knwo that they're not just blank like its been mentioned before.
    djkrishna (Member) 8 June 2009 17:30 Send private message to this user   
    In otherwords those dogs can sniff the blanks that we have
    wow i would say very smart dogs

    Hey i wonder what dothey do if pirates start makings blurays

    maybe Cop.......s start sniffing the chemicals
    djkrishna (Member) 8 June 2009 17:31 Send private message to this user   
    In otherwords those DOGS can sniff the blanks that we have
    wow i would say very smart DOGS

    Hey i wonder what dothey do if pirates start makings blurays

    maybe Cop.......s start sniffing the chemicals

    DOGS:people who works undercover
    jutsu (Junior Member) 8 June 2009 21:23 Send private message to this user   
    Maybe the dogs is trained to smell chemical in pressed-dvd used in pirated dvd. Not to smell recordable dvd-r media.

    There almost no pirate use blank dvd-r. Most pirated dvd you can buy easily at Mall, supermarket, etc etc is created on factory-pressed-dvd.

    And, that thing really have strong smell. Just go to any mall in malaysia or indonesia and buy one. Then smell the dvd.
    You will understand what i mean.
    (its almost impossible for you to get original movies, games, softwares on Indonesia Mall, they only selling pirated things.)
    Blackjax (Member) 9 June 2009 0:47 Send private message to this user   
    Their version of peta=people for the ethical treatment of animals.

    My version of peta=people eating tasty animals.

    ok that was a joke so don't get too stoked over it.


    Fyi some dogs sense of smell is so great that they can pick up a scent left outside, in all sorts of weather, after it has been there for weeks. I imagine the can sniff differences in disks burned, unburned, pressed, etc. Now you know why they use them and as for the ones employing them... well they sniff other chemicals.

    edited for spelling

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    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 9 June 2009 0:53 Send private message to this user   
    The studios should run a 10 year plan to under cut the pirates, then after that wait 5-10 years until piracy rates are back up they can make some profit off cheap pressed films for those areas, and repeat as necessary, if you don;t fight them on their terms they win because that's how true free markets work....god US corp has forgotten so many basic things....
    mtins65 (Newbie) 12 June 2009 15:46 Send private message to this user   
    JUST USE DVD+R
    mtins65 (Newbie) 12 June 2009 15:50 Send private message to this user   
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
    avoidz (Junior Member) 13 June 2009 9:34 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by jutsu:
    Maybe the dogs is trained to smell chemical in pressed-dvd used in pirated dvd. Not to smell recordable dvd-r media.

    There almost no pirate use blank dvd-r. Most pirated dvd you can buy easily at Mall, supermarket, etc etc is created on factory-pressed-dvd.

    And, that thing really have strong smell. Just go to any mall in malaysia or indonesia and buy one. Then smell the dvd.
    You will understand what i mean.
    (its almost impossible for you to get original movies, games, softwares on Indonesia Mall, they only selling pirated things.)
    Yeah, you're right. Pirate discs have a very strong, unique smell to them.
    varnull (Inactive) 13 June 2009 13:05 Send private message to this user   
    Oh and there I was just thinking about the similarity between what I see most dogs sniffing at and the hollywood content of the disks.
    I don't know why they need a dog.. I can tell if theres a box of hookey dvd's nearby... and it's not just because some illegal is shoving them under my nose saying "two pound, two pound"

    I think overall I prefer this kind of Pirate Bust http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandrascakes/3237164992/



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