The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

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34 ORIGINAL PETITION. XL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE GENERAL FILM COMPANY AND PATENTS COMPANY LICENSEES. On April 21, 1910, with the same unlawful purposes each of the 10 Patents Company licensees executed an agreement with the General Film Company to supply the latter with film to be leased to exhibitors. These agreements are identical with each other except as to the paragraph stating the number of running feet of film which the General Film Company agrees to take. Defendants by agreement with each other executed these agreements as another means for accomplishing their unlawful purpose to monopolize the motion-picture art and all interstate and foreign business, trade, and commerce relating thereto. Defendants have observed and are now observing said agreements and all the terms thereof, and interstate and foreign trade and commerce in articles necessary in the motion-picture art are being restrained thereby. A copy of the agreement between the General Film Company and Edison Manufacturing Company, dated April 21, 1910, is attached hereto as a part hereof, marked ^^ Exhibit 8.^^ Said agreement, substantially identical with nine other agreements concluded the same day with the other Patents Company licensees, after reciting the interlocking restrictions contained in the other agreements, provides in brief: (1) The manufacturer (Edison Company) agrees to supply the General Film Company with as many copies of each licensed motion picture released by the manufacturer as the General Film Company may require for the conduct of its business and to supply them at the same leasing prices, terms, etc., as it leases them to others. (Paragraph 6.) (2) The General Film Company agrees that it will lease from the manufacturer motion pictures and will use its best efforts to introduce them and extend their use by motion