Anti piracy

I am really glad to know that Malaysia is doing something good for the RIAA. I mean, they brought in enforcement to help them - two sniffer dogs to sniff out pirated cds and dvds. It is a bold move by the Malaysian authority in this way. I have never heard about them asking for help from other people at all. This is the very first time I heard anything like this.

Read this which I have got it from Yahoo! news.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian piracy syndicates are trying to assassinate two black labradors after the dogs helped find millions of dollars of fake DVDs and CDs, a report and officials said Thursday.

Lucky and Flo sniffed out the discs during a raid by Malaysian officials Tuesday at an office tower in Johor Baru, the capital of Johor state.

"Sources informed the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs that syndicate members are looking for the dogs," said the ministry抯 enforcement assistant director, Firdaus Zakaria.

"The dogs are a genuine threat to the pirated disc syndicates, thus the instruction to eliminate them," he was quoted as saying in the New Straits Times.

The two dogs, who hail from Northern Ireland, are said to be the only ones in the world trained to detect polycarbonate and chemicals used in optical discs.

They either freeze or sit down when they sniff a nearby haul, and are rewarded by playing with a tennis ball when they have done their job.

The dogs were brought to Malaysia last week for a one-month trial by the Los Angeles-based Motion Picture Association (MPA), which conducts piracy investigations for major motion picture companies.

Neil Gane, of the MPA, said the dogs were in a secure location in Kuala Lumpur under heightened security.

"A government agency informed us of the threat against the dogs and they have assisted in terms of enhancing the security that is currently surrounding the dogs," Gane told AFP.

Despite the threat, Gane said Lucky and Flo would continue their mission -- known as "Operation Double Trouble."

"We are taking the threat very seriously and it will be taken into consideration when we are planning and coordinating with the (ministry) where we are deploying the dogs next," Gane said.

"Like with any investigator on two legs, we also protect our four-legged investigators," he added.

Counterfeit movies are openly sold on the streets of Malaysia and other Asian nations at heavy discounts.