The Dark Knight continues its box office marathon, eclipsing the receipts of Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in only 10 days. It's the most important movie ever made! And it stars a dead guy who's posthumously winning over the critics in his last role! So it makes sense that everyone wants to capitalize on the enormous publicity machine. Including those responsible for illegally pirating the film.

The Pirate Bay, the largest BitTorrent site on the Web, knows the potential of this movie and is using the hype surrounding the release of The Dark Knight to foster some publicity.

As pointed out by TorrentFreak, The Pirate Bay has changed its name to The Pirate Bat and has a new image on the homepage (pictured above) instead of the regular logo. When you click this image you are taken to a search for The Dark Knight.

The MPAA (Movie Picture Association of America) has, for a long time, tried to get The Pirate Bay closed down, but its Swedish location has allowed it to prosper and escape U.S copyright law.

The Pirate Bay is well known for antagonizing the movie industry and its flagrant ability to help distribute pirated copies of The Dark Knight is just another example of The Pirate Bay’s love for taunting the movie industry. [WTW]