The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has begun employing two very special black labs for the express purpose of sniffing out pirated DVDs at Fedex's UK hub.
The two doggies who volunteered for the job, Lucky and Flo, have already begun sniffing out phony DVDs from packed parcels.
For their first major live test the sneffer dogs were put to work at FedEx's UK hub at Stansted Airport in Essex where they immediately identified packages and parcels containing DVDs for destinations in the UK.
Fact director general Raymond Leinster said: "This is the first time dogs have been used anywhere in the world to search for counterfeit DVDs and the results were amazing.
"With the co-operation and assistance of FedEx and Customs we were able to properly test the dogs in a live situation and prove that they can work in a busy working environment."
Bad news for anyone shipping around those counterfeit movies en masse to clients like an illegitimate Netflix.
But there are also severe privacy implications for those mailing backup DVDs to themselves (like, when they're moving), this is all about nailing the more nefarious counterfeiting individuals who may soon have to find a better way to move their wares -- unless they just give up and put Lucky and Flow out of business.
