³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981769053³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture patents company, also known as the Edison Trust. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, Eastman Kodak.
³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981769053³2keepts³2981769078³2id³2111³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³21³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981769078³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture Patents Company, also known as the Edison Trust. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, Eastman Kodak.
³3minor³30³3newauthor³30³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981769053³2keepts³2981829237³2id³2111³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³22³1username³2JimboWales³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981829237³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture Patents Company, also known as the EdisonTrust. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, EastmanKodak.
³3summary³3Wikied some words -- I love the film stuff, who is doing it?³2tscreate³2981769053³2keepts³2982069995³2id³21222³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³23³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2982069995³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture Patents Company, also known as the EdisonTrust, also known as the FirstOligopoly. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, EastmanKodak. The reason for it's decline are manifold. The most important ones are the misjudgement of consumer interest and the quick rise of the so-called IndependentS, who later became the SecondOligopoly. There were also US Supreme Court decisions that cancelled some important patents, but at that time, the MPPC was already defeated. 
³3minor³30³3newauthor³31³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981769053³2keepts³2982070553³2id³2111³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³24³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2982070553³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³30³3minor³30³3text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture Patents Company, also known as the EdisonTrust, also known as the FirstOligopoly. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, EastmanKodak. The reason for it's decline are manifold. The most important ones are the misjudgement of consumer interest and the quick rise of the so-called IndependentS, who later became the SecondOligopoly. There were also US Supreme Court decisions, in particular the ShermanAntitrustAct, but at that time, the MPPC was already defeated. 
³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981769053³2keepts³2982071368³2id³2111³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³25³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2982071368³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2text³3MPPC stands for Motion Picture Patents Company, also known as the EdisonTrust, also known as the FirstOligopoly. It was a trust of all the major film companies and the biggest supplier of raw film, EastmanKodak. The reason for it's decline are manifold. The most important ones are the misjudgement of consumer interest and the quick rise of the so-called IndependentS, who later became the SecondOligopoly. There were also US Supreme Court decisions, in particular the one in 1915, which cancelled all MPPC patents and the ShermanAntitrustAct in 1917, which ended the oligopoly, but at that time, the MPPC was already defeated. 
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