Posted by Tim V. on 05/16/06 19:22

Samantha <Samantha@noemail.com> wrote in
news:hbc662539h0b9llfmdq6gl0svf63stilg6@4ax.com:

> No, you read the article wrong. They trained dogs to sniff out DVDs.
> Not pirate DVDs. All DVDs. Every FedEx package that contained DVDs was
> stopped, opened, and rifled through.

Was this over a short test period? Will this become SOP? (standard
operating procedure)

>
> Not one pirate DVD was found.

Doesn't surprise me. They are digging for needles in aystacks.


> And the MPAA calls this "success". Now they want to track the movement
> of every legitimate DVD? Why don't we just start calling them Big
> Brother and get it over with.

They probably have a relative of Joseph Goebbels working in PR. :)

>>
> I assume the numbers were arrived at in the usual way.
>

As in "out of thin air?" ? Most likely...



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Tim.

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neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

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