§1901. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
                                     
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                                Bid. 
                                "Bid" means a written offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, in response to an "invitation to bid," stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture.
                                     
                                
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                                Blind bidding. 
                                "Blind bidding" means the solicitation of bidding for, solicitation of negotiation for, or solicitations of offers for or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture if the motion picture has not been trade screened.
                                     
                                
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                                Distributor. 
                                "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing.
                                     
                                
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                                Exhibit or exhibition. 
                                "Exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge.
                                     
                                
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                                Exhibitor. 
                                "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters.
                                     
                                
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                                Invitation to bid. 
                                "Invitation to bid" means a written solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid for the right to exhibit a motion picture.
                                     
                                
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                                License agreement. 
                                "License agreement" means any contract agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor.
                                     
                                
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                                Person. 
                                "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associates, societies, trust or corporations.
                                     
                                
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                                Run. 
                                "Run" means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time.
                                     
                                
                A "first run" is the first exhibition of a picture in the designated area, a "second run" is the second exhibition and "subsequent runs" are subsequent exhibitions after the second run.
                                     
                                
                "Exclusive run" is any run limited to a single theater in a defined geographic area and a "nonexclusive run" is any run in more than one theater in a defined geographic area.
                                     
                                
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                                Theater. 
                                "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge.
                                     
                                
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                                Trade screening. 
                                "Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor at some location within the metropolitan area in which is located a distributor's sales or film distributing facility serving the theater, which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.
                                     
                                
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                        SECTION HISTORY
                        
            PL 1979, c. 266 (NEW).