§ 4-75-905 — Trade screening - Blind bidding prohibited

(a) (1) Blind bidding is prohibited within the state. (2) No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place, and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to, for the exhibition of any motion picture within the state before the motion picture has been trade screened within the state or at the nearest film exchange. (b) A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition within the state, if the motion picture has not already been trade screened within the state or at the nearest film exchange, the date, time, and place of the trade screening of the motion picture within the state or at the nearest film exchange. (c) A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within the state of all trade screenings within the state or at the nearest film exchange of motion pictures he or she is distributing. (d) Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable.

Legislative History

Acts 1981, No. 606, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 70-1103.