San Francisco - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) Warner Bros. said Wednesday that it has taken action against a number of websites that have posted "camcorded" copies of its new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" online, CNET News.com reported.

So far, all of the sites contacted by Warner have complied by removing a "poorly lit" version of the film recorded by someone in a movie theater shortly after its debut over the weekend.

"It is impossible to monitor every single screening at every theater worldwide to prevent it from being camcorded," Craig Hoffman, a spokesman for Warner Bros.' worldwide antipiracy and technical operations, told CNET.

"Sadly, it is inevitable that an illegal copy of the film will eventually surface.

"What was a true accomplishment and unprecedented given the amount of interest and Internet buzz about The Dark Knight was despite hundreds of pre-release press, review, and promotional screenings worldwide, not a single copy of the film leaked prior to the official release."

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