Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Volume 17 | Number 2 Article 2 1-1-1994 Motion Picture Distribution, Film Splitting, and Antitrust Policy Stanley I. Ornstein Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/ hastings_comm_ent_law_journal Part of the Communications Law Commons, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Stanley I. Ornstein, Motion Picture Distribution, Film Splitting, and Antitrust Policy, 17 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 415 (1994). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol17/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Motion Picture Distribution, Film Splitting, and Antitrust Policy by STANLEY I. ORNSTEIN* "Another immutable fact is that all exhibitors hate all distributors and vice versa."-Paul N. Lazarus Table of Contents I. Methods of Film Licensing .............................. 417 II. The Legal History of Film Splitting ..................... 420 III. United States v. Capitol Service, Inc. .................... 422 IV. Alternative Explanations of Split Agreements .......... 425 A . Collusion .......................................... 425 B. Efficiency Explanations ............................