§ 57-5a-3

As used in the Motion Picture Fair Competition Act: A. 'theater' means any establishment in which motion pictures are regularly exhibited to the public for a charge; B. 'distributor' means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing; C. 'exhibitor' means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters; D. 'exhibit' or 'exhibition' means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge; E. '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; F. '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; G. '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; H. 'trade screening' means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the exchange center serving New

exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor; H. 'trade screening' means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the exchange center serving New Mexico which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture; I. '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 in the exchange center before any such event has occurred; and J. 'run' means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographical area for a specified period of time. A 'first run' is the first exhibition of a motion picture in the designated area, a 'second run' is the second exhibition and 'subsequent runs' are subsequent exhibitions after the second run. History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 3; 1980, ch. 49, § 1.