South Carolina Statutes
§ 39-5-520 — Blind bidding prohibited; notice of trade screenings required.
(a)Blind bidding is prohibited in this State. 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 in this State before the motion picture has been trade screened in the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina.
(b)A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition in the State, if the motion picture has not already been trade screened, the date, time and place of trade screening of the motion picture.
(c)A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors in the State of all trade screenings of motion pictures he is distributing for exhib
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 SECTION 3; 1979 Act No. 33 SECTION 3.
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