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 (1914)

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:
1914
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 6
Leaf #:
000483
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
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 21, 2023
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Frederick C. Reach, Redirect Examination. 3335 kind of a hand camera, moving picture camera (indicating loose copies of Scientific American). Here is an article by Mr. Talbot on the subject of Kinematographing the Matterhorn (indicating). Mr. Grosyenor: What is the date of the issue? The Witness: The date of the issue is March 21st, 1914. By Mr. Kingsley: Q. Did you know by what publisher "Moving Pictures,'' by Frederick A. Talbot had been published? A. In this country by Lippincott & Company. Q. Is Frederick A. Talbot also the author of the work known as "Conquests of Science" published by J. B. Lippincott Company? A. I could not tell. I have not looked that up. Q. Is Mr. Talbot the author of the work known as the "Railway Conquest of the World," published by the same company? A. I don't know. Q. Is Mr. Talbot author of the work known as "Steamship Conquest of the World" published by the same company? A. I haYe not looked it up. Q. Then you are not prepared to say to-day that Mr. Talbot is an authority with respect to the Railway Conquest of the World? A. I am not. Q. You are not prepared to say to-day that he is an authority with respect to the Steamship Conquest of the World? A. No, sir. Q. You have not evinced any interest in his work entitled "Railway Conquest of the World" or the other work, entitled "Steamship Conquest of the World"? A. No, sir. Q. You were not asked to read either of those within the past 48 hours, or to glance them over? A. No, sir. Redirect examination by Mr. Grosvenor: Q. The name of the company which publishes the Scientific American is Munn & Company, Incorporated? A. Yes, sir. Q. Does Munn & Company and the Scientific American have a catalogue of the scientific and technical books which it sells to the general public? A. It has, yes, sir.