History and Function of the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)

American movie started with Thomas Edison. He devised "a coin / entertainment aircraft" in which a movie made by Kinetograph explains the sound of a gramophone "(Cook 8) he is working in a room called" Black Maria "in New Jersey. In 1894, Edison named his company Edison Manufacturing. When WKL Dickson founded company Biograph, he also began patent warfare. Before the biography was established, Edison and his company successfully dominated the film industry.

In 1908, Film Patent Corporation (MPPC) established a trust company consisting of a major American film company, a major film distribution company, and Eastman Kodak, the leading supplier of original film stock at the time. By doing so, MPPC prohibits competition and concentrates and standardizes film production, distribution and exhibitions. Non-members are called "independent people" and are expelled from the area. By 1913, independent men appeared with dozens of feature films before their name, while insisting that MPPC would use the outdated short film format. The trust usage fee expired in September 1913 and the outbreak of the First World War restricts activities in Europe and on October 1, 1915 the Federal Court held that MPCC " "It was judged that it was over." "We insist that this is an illegal trade restriction

At the time of the establishment of MPPC, Thomas Edison had most of the major patents related to the film, including the original movie patent. MPPC proactively enforces the patent, continually prosecutes lawsuits, and permits independent filmmakers to ban. For this reason, some filmmakers have set up their own cameras and are moving to business in Hollywood, California. There, distances from Edison's New Jersey home base make it difficult for MPPC to enforce patents.

By 1912, a major film company established a production facility near Los Angeles or in Los Angeles. In the early 20th century, most motion picture patents were held by Thomas Edison's motion picture patent company in New Jersey. In order to solve this situation, the filmmaker started moving toward the west, and attempts to force Edison patents were easier to escape. Also, the weather is ideal and you can quickly access various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the American movie industry. Because of mountains, plains, and low land prices, Hollywood is the perfect place to make a movie studio.