California · Commercial Code

COM §9321.1: A licensee of nonexclusive rights in a motion picture that is produced pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements governed by the laws of the United States takes its nonexclusive license

What this law says, in plain English

A licensee holding nonexclusive rights in a motion picture made under U.S. collective bargaining agreements obtains its nonexclusive license under those agreements.

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A licensee of nonexclusive rights in a motion picture that is produced pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements governed by the laws of the United States takes its nonexclusive license in that motion picture subject to any perfected security interest securing the obligation to pay residuals as set forth in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and arising from exploitation under the license. The terms “motion picture” and “residuals” have the meaning ascribed to those terms under the applicable collective bargaining agreements.

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