Montana Code 30-14-305. License agreements — unlawful provisions
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30-14-305. License agreements — unlawful provisions. (1) It is unlawful for any license agreement that provides for a fee or other payment to the distributor based in whole or in part on the attendance or the box office receipts at a theater within the state to contain or be conditioned upon a guarantee of a minimum payment to the distributor.
Terms Used In Montana Code 30-14-305
- Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. 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
- 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
(2)Any provision, agreement, or understanding entered into after October 1, 1981, that provides for such a guarantee is void, and any purported waiver of the prohibition in subsection (1) is void and unenforceable.