Brief for the United States (1914)

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88 PART VII. None of the defendants make the film which has made motion-pictures possible, nor own any patents thereon. The film is made by the Eastman Kodak Co., which supplies two standard t3rpes, one for use in the camera, the negative film, and one tjipe for use in printing positives from the negative. These two types are different products. They are finished articles when sold by the Eastman Co. and ready for immediate use ; the negative type may be at once run through the camera and the positive run through a printing machine. Government's Exhibits 278 and 279 are samples of the two types and will be produced in court during the hearing. (VI, 3418.) Jules E. Brulatour (VI, 3420), connected with the Eastman Kodak Co., testified that this company sells negative film and positive film. It has one standard type of film for use in motion-picture cameras, which is the negative, and another type or standard for use in printing positives from the negative. (VI, 3420, fol. 4.) The finished positive is a different product froui the finished negative. The white portion in the positive is black in the negative, and vice versa; that is, there is a reversal of light and shade. (VI, 3423, fol. 3.) The film which the Eastman Co. sells is all ready to place in the camera except for perforations. It is a finished product, though it is called raw stock.'' (VI, 3425, fol. 2.) After it has passed thr()U<i,li the camca^a it is called a motion-picture