Actress Pamela Anderson and former husband Tommy Lee have gained a partial victory in a long-running battle over the distribution of what might be the most notorious sex video ever released on the Internet.

A federal appeals court ruled this week that the Internet Entertainment Group (IEG) - a company that once operated the Club Love Web site famous for celebrity peep shows - did not have permission to distribute anywhere but on the Internet the 1997 hardcore "honeymoon video" of the former Baywatch star and her new rocker husband.

The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gives Anderson and Lee half of what they wanted when they escalated what was a state-court fight with IEG into a federal case that included allegations of copyright infringement. Pamela Anderson reports