News for Aug. 20, 2005

Keeping 'King Kong' under tight security control

8/20/05, 11:03 am EST - Xoanon

Security experts plan to keep King Kong, one of the year's most anticipated movies, out of the hands of pirates. Night-vision goggles will be used at early screenings of the Peter Jackson film to make sure no one is videotaping it to make illegal copies. All reels of the film will be held in vaults and transported under escort. The New Zealand distributor, United International Pictures, said this week that there would be "air-tight" security over the printing process. [More]