Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer. (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer.
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of Justice
Volume:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice
Leaf #:
00063
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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nado the 3an.e by ascret processas e^r.d puch filai contained secret fora.ulao. It had a l«#ful rlgit to .nake an oxclusive agreemerit t( soil its 'Sritire output td t/e i^atants Conpai.y '• licensees if it fiaw fit. There waa othur r ivr fxl.a on the fsiarket nuitaola for T.aklng negative and positive motion pictaroe. The making of thi.^ iigreer^eiit , therefore, connot poaali^iy td conaidorad as in any v^ny io:»hin^ tovard giving the iatente Jonipany n iiionopcly. Thij agreei!)out viia afterwards ci.aiigou on Tebruary 14, i'^'ll, whore Ly t (.e East :^n vorapany »■ aa freo to aali. i ta raw film Lo any on*. . "ho EaBti/.trii uOiiipfjiy uoctj acL ;iiurg6 .i fi.i{,ii(jr price to purcwasera r^thtr ti;Hn th'. liccn«QG8 To r :..t^ rp.v. filn. The price it chstrgos to t ho lii^enbeea ia o-l/i, cents a r.iniiing foot for the kind of film they got, ',%hich includes the royalty of one-half a cent a foot (subject to a alight rebate in quantities above a certain anounl y puyublo to tlie f*Qtei;t.«: Company, and vhic}, it turns ever to tJio I atents Company, The prices at which persons other titan the licensee:; get this raw film, outside of certain pbrsona tht.t aro excepted in the agreement with the Patents Company, i -j 3-1/2 cents a foot, th.ia practically makirg the price to those persona who do not pay a royalty to the Patenta Conipaj y the aame aa those who do. The Kaattnan Com -29