Threat Level has a post regarding the two DVD sniffing dogs trained by the MPAA.
From Threat Level:
A few years back, John Malcolm, the Motion Picture Association of America’s anti-piracy director, was brainstorming new ways to combat piracy. Fresh on the job after serving as a federal prosecutor and a Justice Department attorney, Malcolm wanted to [...]

One-third of consumers copy DVDs, according to a new report.
From PC World:
Honestly, how many of you rip, copy, and burn your Netflix DVD rentals and then send them right back for another? According to a report titled Consumer Home Piracy Research Findings July 2008 nearly one third of people copy DVDs. Of those that copy [...]

Bollywood films face a high level of piracy in the United Kingdom compared to Hollywood films.
From BBC News:
The Indian films, usually with a theme involving star-crossed lovers, have a global audience.
But the industry is being hit by piracy, and in the UK, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) estimates 70% of DVDs found on sale in [...]

The new government in Italy is vowing to increase its anti-piracy efforts.
From Variety:
Italy’s new Silvio Berlusconi-led government is vowing to step up efforts behind an ongoing largely futile battle to fight the country’s rampant piracy plague.
Gabriella Carlucci, in charge of entertainment affairs within Berlusconi’s conservative force, has ordered an urgent new anti-piracy push citing E300 [...]

Philippines terror organization Abu Sayyaf is said to be selling pirated movies to raise funds, according to movie industry officials. 
From the AFP (via Goggle News):
Al-Qaeda linked Islamic militants are suspected of rampant intellectual piracy in the Philippines, particularly of Hollywood films, to raise funds, a senior media industry official said Wednesday.
The Abu Sayyaf, blamed for [...]

David Sarno of the LA Times Blog Web Scout writes about a new ordinance that makes selling pirated DVDs and CDs a “legal nuisance”.
From the blog Web Scout:
At Tuesday’s L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting [PDF], the board added an ordinance to the county code’s Title 13, which deals with public peace, morals and welfare, [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) states that worldwide losses due to piracy stands at $18.2 billion.
Source: MPAA and L.E.K., “The Cost of Movie Piracy,” May 2006, (path: 2005 Piracy Data Summary), (accessed: November 24, 2006).

Determining the actual levels of P2P traffic on the Internet is proving to be quite difficult.
From Ryan Singel of Threat Level:
How much of the traffic on the internet is peer-to-peer file trading?
Everyone seems to agree it represents a lot of the traffic, but the truth is no one knows (with the possible exception of the [...]

According to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, 50 percent of illegally recorded movies are pirated in New York.
Source: Thomas S. Mulligan, “N.Y.’s Cuomo seeks crackdown on film piracy,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2008.

Source: “Desi pirates steal a billion from Bollywood,” Economic Times, May 4, 2008.