Secrecy Cloaked "Dark Knight"

For Warner Bros., the mission was to keep “The Dark Knight” from seeing the light of day. In an era of instantaneous digital copying and widely available high-speed Internet access, the premature and unauthorized release of a movie to the public–especially a coveted summer blockbuster–can spell disaster. If the movie’s a stinker, the word will travel at the speed of a mouse click, ruining chances of making back money. And if the movie’s popular, piracy can rob ticket sales and cut into revenue.

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