Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 14 > Part 3 - Motion Picture Fair Trade Practices Act

• 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
• Willfully: when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, means a purpose or willingness to commit the act or make the omission referred to. See Montana Code 1-1-204