{"data":{"id":"us-nm/57-5a-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"57-5A-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Motion Picture Fair Competition Act:\nA. \"theater\" means any establishment in which motion pictures are regularly exhibited to the public for a charge;\nB. \"distributor\" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing;\nC. \"exhibitor\" means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters;\nD. \"exhibit\" or \"exhibition\" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge;\nE. \"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;\nF. \"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;\nG. \"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;\nH. \"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;\nI. \"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\nJ. \"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.","path":["Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations","ARTICLE 5A Motion Picture Fair Competition"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18560/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"fe9d6480a8adfd870a97bb44294a1b5618fa4621293e759293fca6cc3db64eb0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/57-5a-2","next":"us-nm/57-5a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}