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 #:
00071
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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and subject to cert::in other conditions enuwernted fully in the Rgroemenl. Gor,ie of th'i^e conditions vere ampli f i c'lti ons of tno3e -fintf^d on each box coutf^ining iao«ion pictures which the -atenta '.bir.pnny'a licrneees ■ n, given the ri ;ht to •■ ^mi h for use only in projecting -nr-chine? oinerfete! under it 3 r*;tentr covering the 3am e, 'md others ^ere tj irevynt, in various ways, -ibuseo which experience hid sho'^n were liable to occur when tiotion rictures were suDlet by exchange , and a] so to fix the terass ©n which such exch'ingea could obtain motion pictures fro"i the Tttents Cornvf^ny * 3 licensfrfip ^nr* the times when they should be returned after use. The exchange agreement was tti'^ainfible by the Patents Con'^any on fourteen lays written notice, but "Ithou.-hit had tiiie right, it never exercired it, ervC<;pt for cause. Thl?i ri !^ht of teiwination 0 i s oh notice was upheld by the Supreme court of the St'jte of New York and the Appellate Uivision in tne case of tne 'Greater ^ow 1^0 rk yilm Company vs. Motion licture iatents Company, recently decided. LKGALI^Y C/ ""IV: :.ty?lC': riCl'U'^ FATKNTj^^ COJ.^PAHY. its !'AKmrACT« MR'hd 'Klio Ikrv^T^Hb AND EXClJANaS LIC!.:i;SKS. So far, there can be no doubt as to the leg'tlity of the '/lotion Picture Patents Company, the licenses it has -33