Brief for the United States (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
Brief for the United States
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer
Volume:
Brief for the United States
Leaf #:
000246
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski",Domitor}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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234 PAET IX. TERMS OF LICENSE. The license of the Patents Co. to exhibitors covers the theater, or place of exhibition, and is issued on the following terms : (1) At the place licensed, only motion pictures may be used which are manufactured or imported by the licensees of the Patents Co. and rented from a licensed exchange. (2) The exhibitor shall pay a weekly royalty to be determined by the Patents Co., graded according to the relative business of each of the licensed theaters. For the period from February 1 to March 8, 1909, this royalty shall be $10 ($2 per week), which sum must accompany each application. Should a license be refused, the fee accompan}dng the application will be returned. (3) The license shall be at all times prominently displayed in the place of exhibition of the licensee and, together with the machines used, be always open to inspection by the Patents Co. (Feb. 1, 1909, I, 98.) The objects of the Patents Co. are — 5. To afford the legitimate exhibitor prot(^ction from ruinous and unfair competition by refusing to license or supply licensed film to a new exhibitor attempting to start a show where not I'equired by public demand and where the competition would injui'iously affect an (existing licensc^l theater. (Feb. -2, li)09, I, 100, fols. Wv have licensed nine of the leading manufacturers of ilic world, wlio will hereafter put out