Section 57-5-21 – [Contracts filed with public regulation commission; fees; filing copies of blank forms; penalty for violation.]
All contracts for the purchase, leasing or acquirement of motion pictures by producers and/or distributors, in competitive situations, from producers and/or exhibitors or anyone else, shall be filed as in this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] provided with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] at Santa Fe, New Mexico, within ten days after […]
Section 57-5-22 – [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]
All matters requiring a decision as to whether a theater should be classified as a “first” or “second” run theater or a picture show shall be determined by the corporation commission [public regulation commission]. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 22; 1941 Comp., § 51-2722; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-22. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed […]
Section 57-5-11 – [Producer- or distributor-controlled theaters; rights in choosing pictures; selling or leasing to competitors; penalty for violation.]
Producers and/or distributors or affiliated companies, owning and/or operating either directly or indirectly, any picture show or shows, theater or theaters, and exhibiting their own product therein, in one or more competitive situations, shall not participate in the alternative drawing or selection of pictures as provided in Section five [57-5-5 NMSA 1978] of this act, […]
Section 57-5-12 – [Refusing alternative selections; prima facie evidence of intent to violate act; penalty.]
The fact that any producer, distributor, owner or lessee of motion pictures fails, or refuses to permit exhibitors in competitive situations to make alternative selections in the presence of each other, each to either purchase or rent his proportionate share of a product, upon the same terms and conditions and as in this act [57-5-1 […]
Section 57-5-13 – [Date and place of alternative selections; contracts made outside state unlawful; exception.]
In all competitive situations where there is to be an alternative selection of motion pictures by competitive exhibitors, the producer and/or distributor shall set the date for such alternative selection in each competitive situation, and each exhibitor shall be notified simultaneously in writing, by registered mail by the producer and/or distributor. The selection shall take […]
Section 57-5-14 – [Civil liability for violation.]
Any person, or persons, or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978], shall be civilly liable in both actual and punitive damages to the person or persons injured, damaged or discriminated against for any and all damages occasioned thereby, either directly or indirectly, and including all […]
Section 57-5-15 – [Misrepresentation of box office value; civil liability.]
Any producer and/or distributor, who misrepresents, either orally or otherwise, the merit or box office value of any motion picture or pictures, at the time of sale or lease of any product, or part thereof, shall be held accountable therefor and if such producer and/or distributor shall refuse or fail to make adjustment, the producer […]
Section 57-5-16 – [Fair and equitable adjustments of contracts permitted.]
The provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] shall not prohibit fair and equitable adjustments or changes in any contract for pictures in any competitive situation between producers, distributors and exhibitors, provided the same is openly arrived at, and each exhibitor in a competitive situation is accorded the same treatment under like or […]
Section 57-5-17 – [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]
Attested copies of all contracts for motion pictures now in force in competitive situations shall be filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] within thirty days after this act becomes effective, and hereafter when competition begins in any town or city all existing contracts for motion pictures shall be immediately filed with the corporation […]
Section 57-5-18 – [Public regulation commission as agent for service of process.]
Every producer and/or distributor, manufacturer or seller of motion pictures in the state of New Mexico, and of leases, rights and contracts and agreements of every kind and nature by which motion pictures are exhibited in the state of New Mexico, shall appoint the chairman of the corporation commission [public regulation commission] and his successors […]