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)

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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:
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 #:
000655
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 12, 2024
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GENERAL INDEX. lxv Film Service Association, Continued: vol. page Bulletin No. 2 of Film Service Association, Feb. 24, 1908; Petitioners Exhibit 100 I 139 Bulletin No. 10 of Film Service Association, March 21, 1908; Petitioner's Exhibit 101 I 441 Bulletin Xo. 11 of Film Service Association, April 20, 1908 ; Petitioner's Exhibit 102 I 412 Bulletin No. 27, being letter dated Oct. 5, 1908, from F. L. Dyer to Dwight MacDonald regarding return of old film to Manufacturers; Petitioner's Exhibit 97 I 430 Final Bulletin No. 39, dated Jan. 9, 1909, being Report of Annual Meeting held at Hotel Imperial, New York ; Defendants1 Exhibit 1 I 499 By-Laws ; Defendants' Exhibit 2 I 506 Form of Contract between Rental Exchange and Exhibitors used by Greater Xew York Film Co. during period of Film Service Association; Petitioner's Exhibit 98 I 431 List of Members of Film Service Association, February, 1908; Petitioner's Exhibit 90. . I 343 Forster, Joseph : Direct Examination Ill 1864-1869 Cross Examination 1870-1871 Redirect Examination 1871-1872 Recross Examination 1872