In a hyperbolicious announcement released this morning, the Motion Picture Association of America claims pirated DVDs have become "The New Drug On The Street." Snip:
PIRATED DISCS, DVDS BECOMING "THE NEW DRUG ON THE STREET"
WASHINGTON — A fatal car chase on November 10 between a convicted felon in Virginia wanted by authorities on several criminal charges including cocaine possession yielded hundreds of pirated CDs and DVDs in the man's trunk, giving rise to a new kind of traded drug, according to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Inc's Dennis Supik.
"A lot of people we were arresting had drug conviction backgrounds. Actually, what they said was, 'This is the new drug on the street,'" said Supik, an MPAA field investigator who assists local law enforcement in anti-piracy raids.
New Drug On The Street. Hey, if you reduce that to an acronym, it spells N-DOTS. Which sounds kinda like acid or something, now that you mention it! Link to ASCII text copy of emailed press release. (Thank you, Well-Hidden Hollywood Mole!)
