Judge Puts Stop to Online Movie Previews

In a move that could limit companies' ability to show film clips online, a judge has ordered a movie-trailer distributor to stop selling online previews of popular Walt Disney hits. Saying Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment unit is likely to prevail in its case, Judge Jerome Simandle of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey told Video Pipeline to stop streaming clips and creating online previews from Disney's copyrighted works pending a trial.