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Spiderman 3 Pirates Nabbed by Flo and Lucky

Even though the first Spiderman 3 DVDs were fakes, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has a serious issue on its hands.  Nine out of every 10 DVDs sold in China is an illegal copy.  But MPAA spokesman Dan Glickman isn’t the most charismatic and Jack Valenti has passed on  What to do?

Put Flo and Lucky on the case!

 Lucky and Flo sniff at DVD pirates

Flo and Lucky are the silent spokesdogs of the MPAA, deployed throughout Asia to literally ’sniff out’ pirated movies and games.  The heroic dogs, trained to detect polycarbonate, even put a stop to a stash of child pornography.  No wonder the pirates of Malaysia have put a bounty on their heads.

You don’t have to believe a word of it.  It’s still a brilliant PR gambit by the MPAA, as people care much more about chocolate Labs than camcorder-wielding movie pirates or bloated movie moguls.

This entry was posted on April 27, 2007 at 10:42 pm and is filed under Consumer Electronics, Hollywood Follies, Journalism, MPAA, Public Relations, Spiderman 3, chocolate-Labs, dvd-pirates, heroic-dogs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Spiderman 3 Pirates Nabbed by Flo and Lucky”

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