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  • July 2008
    • DVD Dogs Sniff Out Pirates

      DVD Dogs Sniff Out Pirates

      (Newser) - Two dogs trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs are so good at their jobs that infuriated pirates have put a bounty on their heads, Wired reports. The dogs—Labrador retrievers who were taught to detect the scent of polycarbonate—have helped locate millions of fake discs hidden in warehouses and underground disc-duplication operations in the US, Malaysia, and the Czech Republic, helping put dozens of counterfeiters behind bars. More »

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      dog   DVD   DVD piracy   Motion Picture Association of America   counterfeiters   canine units

  • November 2007
  • May 2007
    • MPAA Snuffs Onscreen Smoking

      MPAA Snuffs Onscreen Smoking

      (Newser) - Cigarette and cigar smoking will be considered alongside violence, profanity, nudity, and drug use in assigning ratings, the MPAA announced yesterday. Any film that glamorizes the habit or features lighting up outside of "an historic  or other mitigating context "could face a box-office-busting R.  More »

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      movie   film   smoking   cigarettes   tobacco   smoking ban   movie industry   MPAA   audiences   Motion Picture Association of America

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