In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

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Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 1
Leaf #:
000455
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 12, 2024
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Louis Rosenbluh, Direct Examination. 433 "dupes" of any motion picture films, nor exhibit, sell, rent, loan, or otherwise dispose of or deal in such reproductions or "dupes." 4. The exhibitor shall not remove the trade-mark or trade-name or title from any motion picture film, or permit others to do so. 5. The exhibitor shall return as directed by the exchange, all motion pictures, immediately after they have been exhibited for the period provided for in the order; but if said motion pictures are retained after the time for which they are furnished, the exhibitor shall pay for such over-time an additional sum per day proportionate to the price specified in the order, for each reel or reels retained after the period for which such reel or reels are furnished. 6. All reels rented to the exhibitor remain the prop erty of the exchange under all circumstances, and when a reel is damaged in any way, all that remains of it must be returned to the exchange in order that the amount of the damage may be ascertained. The exhibitor shall be liable to the exchange for the value of any and all reels lost or destroyed and for all damage (reasonable wear and tear excepted) to any reel or reels while in the possession or control of the exhibitor, in a sum to be fixed by the exchange in each case and not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars for each reel lost, destroyed or damaged. 7. The exchange shall be deemed to have made a delivery of all reels ordered by the exhibitor when said reels are delivered properly directed to any common carrier (or an authorized agent of the exhibitor) in time for said reels to reach (under ordinary circumstances) their destination on the day or days provided for in the order. The exchange shall be liable for damage sustained by the exhibitor because of any negligence of the exchange resulting in non-performance by the exchange of this contract in a sum not to exceed the amount of the rental for the period of non-performance.