{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-407.350","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.350","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 407.350 to 407.357, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Bid\" , 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;\n(2) \"Blind bidding\" , 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;\n(3) \"Distributor\" , any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors;\n(4) \"Exhibit\" or \"exhibition\" , showing a motion picture to the public for a charge;\n(5) \"Exhibitor\" , any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state;\n(6) \"Invitation to bid\" , 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;\n(7) \"License agreement\" , any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state;\n(8) \"Run\" , 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;\n(9) \"Theater\" , any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge;\n(10) \"Trade screening\" , the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the two largest metropolitan areas, which showing is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.350","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"57037654fe0cdc77c0873d4f480302aafb28a0b41f4e81bda7417538a591cdad","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-407.340","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-407.353"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}