Ark. Code § 4-75-902

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.

Section 4-75-902 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "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;

(2) "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 at the nearest film exchange before any such event has occurred;

(3) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale, or licensing;

(4) "Exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge;

(5) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating one (1) or more theatres;

(6) "Invitation to bid" means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one (1) or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture;

(7) "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;

(8) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, or corporations;

(9) "Run" means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. A "first run" is the first exhibition of a picture in a designated area; a "second run" is the second exhibition; and "subsequent runs" are subsequent exhibitions after the second run;

(10) "Theatre" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge; and

(11) "Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in one (1) of the three (3) largest cities within the state or at the nearest film exchange which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.

Ark. Code § 4-75-902

Acts 1981, No. 606, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 70-1102.