                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-257)

As used in this chapter:

1. The term &#8220;person&#8221; means and includes one or more individuals,
partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, organizations, or corporations;

2. The term &#8220;theater&#8221; means any establishment in which motion
pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge;

3. The term &#8220;distributor&#8221; means any person engaged in the business
of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or
licensing;

4. The term &#8220;exhibitor&#8221; means any person engaged in the business of
operating one or more theaters;

5. The term &#8220;exhibit&#8221; or &#8220;exhibition&#8221; means showing a
motion picture to the public for a charge;

6. The term &#8220;invitation to bid&#8221; means a written or oral solicitation
or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid for the right to
exhibit a motion picture;

7. The term &#8220;bid&#8221; 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, stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to
exhibit a motion picture;

8. The term &#8220;license agreement&#8221; 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;

9. The term &#8220;trade screening&#8221; means the showing of a motion picture
by a distributor at some location within the Commonwealth or the District of
Columbia or Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties, Maryland, which is open to
any exhibitor from whom the distributor intends to solicit bids or with whom the
distributor intends to negotiate for the right to exhibit the motion picture;

10. The term &#8220;blind bidding&#8221; means the bidding for, negotiating for,
or offering or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion
picture at any time before such motion picture has either been trade screened
within the Commonwealth or the District of Columbia or Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties, Maryland, or before such motion picture, at the option of
the distributor, otherwise has been made available for viewing within the
Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia or Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties, Maryland, by all exhibitors from whom the distributor is soliciting
bids or with whom the distributor is negotiating for the right to exhibit such
motion picture; and

11. The term &#8220;run&#8221; means the continuous exhibition of a motion
picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. A
&#8220;first run&#8221; is the first exhibition of a picture in the designated
area; a &#8220;second run&#8221; is the second exhibition; and &#8220;subsequent
runs&#8221; are subsequent exhibitions after the second run. &#8220;Exclusive
run&#8221; is any run limited to a single theater in a defined geographic area
and a &#8220;nonexclusive run&#8221; is any run in more than one theater in a
defined geographic area.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 764.