Ohio § 1333.05

§ 1333.05.

As used in sections 1333.05 to 1333.07 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Theater ” means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the

public for a charge. (B) “ Distributor ” means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion

pictures to exhibitors. (C) “ Exhibitor ” means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. (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 in this state. (F) “ Bid ” means a written or oral proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, which proposal

is in response to an invitation to bid or negotiate and states the terms under which

the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture in this state. (G) “ License agreement ” means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of

a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state. (H) “ Trade screening ” means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in one of the five municipal

corporations within this state having the largest population, which showing is open

to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture. (I) “ Blind bidding ” means bidding, negotiating, offering terms, accepting a bid, or agreeing to terms

for the purpose of entering into a license agreement prior to a trade screening of

the motion picture that is the subject of the agreement. (J) “ Run ” means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area

for a specified period of time.  A “ first run ” means the initial exhibition of a motion picture in a designated geographic area

for a specified period of time.  A “ subsequent run ” means any continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a designated geographic area

for a specified period of time after the first run.