Montana Code 30-14-303. Definitions
30-14-303. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 30-14-303
- Blind bidding: means bidding, negotiating, offering terms, making an invitation to bid, or agreeing to terms for the purpose of entering into a license agreement prior to a trade screening of the motion picture that is the subject of the agreement. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- Exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- License agreement: means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- Market area: means either a city in Montana or a city in any of the 11 western states that prohibits blind bidding. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Theater: means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. See Montana Code 30-14-303
- Trade screening: means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the market area. See Montana Code 30-14-303
(1)”Blind bidding” means bidding, negotiating, offering terms, making an invitation to bid, or agreeing to terms for the purpose of entering into a license agreement prior to a trade screening of the motion picture that is the subject of the agreement.
(2)”Distributor” means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors.
(3)”Exhibitor” means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state.
(4)”License agreement” means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state.
(5)”Market area” means either a city in Montana or a city in any of the 11 western states that prohibits blind bidding.
(6)”Theater” means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge.
(7)”Trade screening” means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the market area. The showing must be open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture, and the exhibitor or the exhibitor’s buying agency must be notified of the trade screening.