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The Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC, also known as the Edison Trust), founded in December 1908 and effectively terminated in 1915 after it lost a federal antitrust suit, was a trust of all the major US film companies and local foreign-branches (Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Selig Polyscope, Lubin Manufacturing, Kalem Company, Star ...
Motion Picture Patents Company, trust of 10 film producers and distributors who attempted to gain complete control of the motion-picture industry in the United States from 1908 to 1912.
Notorious for its iron-fisted business methods, the Motion Picture Patent Company (MPPC) attempted to gain complete control of the United States movie-making industry in the early 1900s.
Sep 29, 2022 · Together, these firms formed the Motion Picture Patent Company, and exhibited a near monopoly on the production, distribution, and exhibition of all things film.
- Dan Lewis
The Motion Picture Patents Company, established in 1909 as a conglomerate of the major studios, sought to eliminate all illegal use of patented film equipment. As a result, independent ventures entered the film scene.
Edison was granted a key American patent on his motion picture camera, the Projectoscope, in August 1897. At this point, he actively seeks to form a monopoly by suing rival producers, their selling agents, and even those independent exhibitors who used non-Edison films.
The Motion Picture Patents Company, 1908–14. Chapter. pp 16–25. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. John Izod. 20 Accesses. Abstract. Thomas Edison, as we know, had from the earliest days of the cinema aimed for exclusive control of the business.
