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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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 #:
000670
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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B44 Gov't Ex. 136, Agt. Edison & Eastman Kodak Cos. "The Licensor further covenants and agrees that it will, in an agreement in writing with eacli manufacturer of 'Licensed Film/ obligate such manufacturer, so long as the latter has the exclusive right to make and sell such 'Licensed Film,' not to knowingly furnish or sell, in the 'territory aforesaid/ except 'for export,' sensitized film, suitable for the commercial production of negative and positive motion pictures, to any one but the Licensee, and the additional licensees hereinafter provided for, except to the extent of 2y2% of the total amount of such 'Licensed Film' supplied by such manufacturer to the parties to the license agreements referred to in paragraph (c) during the year preceding June 20, 1909, and to the Licensee and the additional licensees hereinafter provided for, during any one year thereafter during the continuance of such agreement, which amount such manufacturer shall have the right to furnish or sell, in the 'territory aforesaid; to persons not engaged in the business of manufacturing, leasing, selling, loaning, renting out, or otherwise disposing of or dealing in motion pictures in the 'territory aforesaid'; and with the further exception that such manufacturer may also reserve the right to manufacture and sell sensitized film, having a cellulose acetate base, known as non-inflammable film, suitable for the commercial production of negative and positive motion pictures, of a width not to exceed approximately one (1) inch, in the 'territory aforesaid,' to persons, firms and corporations (who are not to be up to July 1, 1012, deemed 'nonlicensed manufacturers' as hereinafter defined) engaged in the business of manufacturing, leasing, selling, loaning, renting out or otherwise disposing of or dealing in motion pictures in the 'territory aforesaid,' but upon the condition that in case any of them produces thereon any picture greater in size than approximately three-quarters (%) of an inch on a line either parallel to or at right angles to the edge of such film, and such manufacturer has knowledge thereof, such manufacturer will cease supplying such film to any person, firm or corporation so doing; and with 1he further exception that such