Section 57-5A-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

57-5A-3. Definitions.

As used in the Motion Picture Fair Competition Act [57-5A-1 to 57-5A-5 NMSA 1978]:   

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 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.