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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on May 11, 2006, 12:34:31 am

Title: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: Kosh on May 11, 2006, 12:34:31 am: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/10/2331237

This is no joke guys. This seriously deserves a big :wtf:
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: vyper on May 11, 2006, 03:12:08 am: Erm... just.... :wtf:
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: aldo_14 on May 11, 2006, 03:21:41 am: Quote
While all were legitimate shipments on the day, our message to anyone thinking about shipping counterfeit DVDs through the FedEx network is simple: you're going to get caught."

Obviously not, if they didn't actually find any illegitimate shipments. Especially because 97.5% of all mail is in fact pirate DVDs, mailed by Osama bin Ladin and manufactured by kidnapped orphans. In fact, the reflected glare of a pirate DVD is enough to kill a child in minutes! And the ink used to write the addresses is, in fact, made with the blood of murdered schoolgirls mixed with stolen American oil.
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: karajorma on May 11, 2006, 03:56:34 am: And our message is that everyone will stop using FedEx. In fact we should start a boycott of the company right now. If I were to send data to a friend I wouldn't want someone opening it and playing it just to see if it is a pirated DVD.
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: Mefustae on May 11, 2006, 04:01:28 am: Quote from: karajorma on May 11, 2006, 03:56:34 am
And our message is that everyone will stop using FedEx. In fact we should start a boycott of the company right now. If I were to send data to a friend I wouldn't want someone opening it and playing it just to see if it is a pirated DVD.
"Is it a pirated DVD, Jim?"
"Nope, just more ametuer porn."
"Gotcha, i'll put on the popcorn"
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: aldo_14 on May 11, 2006, 04:04:58 am: Quote from: karajorma on May 11, 2006, 03:56:34 am
And our message is that everyone will stop using FedEx. In fact we should start a boycott of the company right now. If I were to send data to a friend I wouldn't want someone opening it and playing it just to see if it is a pirated DVD.

If you sent a data DVD, marked as such, and they opened it and viewed it wouldn't they be heavily legally liable for something like industrial espionage or illegal data access? I'm sure in the uk, for example, the carrier would be liable for illegal disclosure of personal information if, for example, that DVD had any form of personal stuff on it.
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: karajorma on May 11, 2006, 04:16:55 am: If they claim it's part of a customs check they'd probably get away with it. Customs do have the right to investigate all material leaving or entering the country as far as I'm aware.
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: aldo_14 on May 11, 2006, 04:46:36 am: Quote from: karajorma on May 11, 2006, 04:16:55 am
If they claim it's part of a customs check they'd probably get away with it. Customs do have the right to investigate all material leaving or entering the country as far as I'm aware.

internal mail, though?

Thinking about it.....my Guild Wars game should have arrived ages ago. Bloody sticky-fingered Royal Mail.
Title: Re: DVD sniffing dogs
Post by: Nuke on May 11, 2006, 04:47:37 am: i think everyone takes the whole privacy issue way to far. theyre already making a fortune, are they that desprate for funds? i think its rather than the people stealing from the companies, its the people realising the true value of the media, nothing. i havent seen a big budjet movie, game, or band in the last 10 years that made me say wow. i can stick with inde films, open source gaming, and black metal which costs me far less (or in some cases nothing) while being supirior in many ways.