Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 39 > Chapter 5 > Article 5 - Bidding and Negotiation of Contracts for Exhibition of Motion Pictures

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• Bid: means a written or oral offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor in response to an invitation to bid or otherwise stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Blind bidding: means the bidding for, negotiating for or offering or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture if the motion picture has not been trade screened within the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina before any such event has occurred. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental or licensing. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• exhibition: means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Invitation to bid: means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• License agreement: means any contract, agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Run: means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510
• Trade screening: means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor at a location within the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture. See South Carolina Code 39-5-510