As used in this act:
- (1) "Blind bidding" means bidding, negotiating, offering terms, making an invitation to 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.
- (2) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors.
- (3) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating a theatre in this state.
- (4) "License agreement" means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor of this state.
- (5) "Theatre" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge.
- (6) "Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor, and such showing shall be open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.
[18-7702, added 1979, ch. 119, sec. 2, p. 368]