§ 24-1-5-1 — Definitions

Indiana § 24-1-5-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
• Ch. 5: Motion Picture Fair Competition

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As used in this chapter:
"Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, limited
liability companies, associations, societies, trusts, organizations, or
corporations.
"Theater" means an establishment in which motion pictures are
exhibited to the public regularly for a charge.
"Distributor" means a person engaged in the business of distributing
or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing.
"Exhibitor" means a person engaged in the business of operating
one (1) or more theaters.
"Exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the
public for a charge.
"Invitation to bid" or "invite bids" means a written or oral
solicitation by a distributor to one (1) or more exhibitors to bid for the
right to exhibit a motion picture.
"Bid" means a written offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a
distributor in response to an invitation to bid for the right to exhibit a
motion picture.
"Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a
distributor at some location within the state which is open to any
exhibitor from whom the distributor intends to invite bids or with
whom the distributor intends to negotiate for the right to exhibit the
motion picture.
"Blind selling" means the bidding or negotiating for, or the offering
or agreeing to terms for, the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture
before the motion picture has either been trade screened within the
state or before such motion picture has been made available for
viewing within the state by all exhibitors from whom the distributor is
inviting bids or with whom the distributor is negotiating for the right
to exhibit the motion picture.
"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 the designated area; a "second run"
is the second exhibition; and "subsequent runs" are subsequent
exhibitions after a second run.
"Exclusive run" means a run limited to a single theater in a defined
geographic area.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.161, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.8-1993, SEC.337.