On June 3, an AFP news report told an interesting story in the effort to protect intellectual property and fight piracy.
From Kuala Lumpur, the story noted:
A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday. The black Labrador helped enforcement officials who carried out raids last week in southern Johor state which neighbours Singapore, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) said in a statement. Paddy was given to Malaysia by the MPA to help close down piracy syndicates who churn out vast quantities of illegal DVDs. The dog is specially trained to detect chemicals in the discs.
Read the rest of the report here.
This matters to businesses of all types and sizes that operate in the film industry, as piracy reportedly cost MPA member $6.1 billion in 2005.
Raymond J. Keating
Chief Economist
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
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