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...Lucky and Flo, two black Labrador retrievers, hold the distinction of being the world's first dogs trained to detect pirated DVDs. This week in a demonstration at MPAA headquarters in Washington, D.C, the two-year-old Labs proved their olfactory talents to a roomful of customs officials, FBI agents, reporters and U.S. Department of Commerce piracy czar Chris Israel by successfully sniffing out DVDs hidden in baggage and containers set up for a test...
...goes as planned, MPAA officials are hoping Lucky and Flo will be the first of a pack of DVD-detecting dogs to be trained and stationed at airports, shipping yards and other points where pirated DVDs are smuggled into the country. Success in stopping illegal DVDs before they hit the streets would be a major blow to piracy, which is the most serious problem facing the movie industry today, accounting for $18.2 billion in lost revenues in 2005, according to the MPAA...
...mystery of Lost--and the opportunities for cyberanalysis--turned it into TV for the post-TV generation. Besides stoking interest, technology has affected the kind of storytelling Lost can do. On a practical level, DVRs, DVDs and iTunes downloads mean it's less likely fans will miss episodes, fall behind and give up, which allows the writers to keep the show complex and challenging. "A show that is as serialized as Lost would have had a much harder time pre-iPod, pre-DVD, pre-streaming video," says Abrams...
...paid for by ads, and to advertisers, an eyeball is an eyeball, however passionate. But now you can turn passion into money. Fans buy episodes they missed, from iTunes at $1.99 a pop. They're the market for the upcoming video-game and cell-phone mini-episodes. They buy DVDs to catch new details of episodes they have already seen. This month Lost's Season 2 debuted at No. 1 on the DVD charts--listing at about $60 a set. Season 1 sold 1.2 million copies. The networks take notice when it comes time to schedule new series...
...this stand-up soirée. She doesn't just rail at the White House's fumbling of military and financial issues; she's got helpful hints, like putting working moms in charge of the defense budget ("There's a sale on bombs at Target"). Of the newer comics with DVDs, Sykes is the finest shaper of routines, and her stiletto is the sharpest...