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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE
Chapter : Chapter 315. REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
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Title 10 - §1901. Definitions
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 4: TRADEMARKS AND NAMES
Chapter 315: REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
§1901. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
1. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
2. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
3. Distributor. "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental,
sale or licensing.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
4. Exhibit or exhibition. "Exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
5. Exhibitor. "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
6. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
7. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
8. Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associates, societies, trust or corporations.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
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9. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
10. Theater. "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
11. 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.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 10 - §1902. Blind bidding
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 4: TRADEMARKS AND NAMES
Chapter 315: REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
§1902. Blind bidding
1. Prohibition. Blind bidding is hereby prohibited within the State. No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing
of a motion picture shall take place and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to for the exhibition of
any motion picture within the State before the motion picture has been trade screened.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
2. Information to be included in bid. A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition within the State, if that motion
picture has not already been trade screened, the date, time and place of the trade screening of the motion picture.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
3. Notice to exhibitors. A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within the State of all trade screenings of motion
pictures he is distributing.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
4. Waiver void. Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 10 - §1903. Bidding procedures
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 4: TRADEMARKS AND NAMES
Chapter 315: REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
§1903. Bidding procedures
If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the licensing of a motion picture within the State then:
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
1. Information to be included in bid. The invitation of bid shall specify:
A. The number and length of runs for which the bid is being solicited, whether it is a first, second or subsequent run and
the geographic area for each run;
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
B. The names of all exhibitors who are being solicited;
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
C. The date and hour the invitation to bid expires; and
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
D. The location, including the address, where the bids will be opened, which shall be within the metropolitan area in which
is located a distributor's sales or film distribution facility serving the theater.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 10 - §1904. Remedies
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 4: TRADEMARKS AND NAMES
Chapter 315: REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
§1904. Remedies
Any violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a deceptive trade practice, as defined in chapter 206,
section 1212, and the remedies available to any aggrieved party shall be those contained within chapter 206, section 1213.
[1979, c. 266 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 10 - §1905. Effective for 4 years (REPEALED)
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 4: TRADEMARKS AND NAMES
Chapter 315: REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND EXHIBITORS
§1905. Effective for 4 years (REPEALED)
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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