Section 188. Lien of motion picture film laboratories  


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  • All persons, firms or
      corporations engaged in the business of a motion picture film laboratory
      or  in  the  business  of  developing,  titling,  storing, assembling or
      reproducing motion picture film shall have, in  every  case  where  such
      persons or corporations copy, print, reprint, reproduce or in any manner
      prepare,  at  the request, with the consent or with the knowledge of the
      owner or his agent, a positive print or prints  from  a  motion  picture
      negative  film  for  the  owner  thereof,  or  for  a  lessee, licensee,
      mortgagee, conditional vendee or person in possession  thereof,  a  lien
      upon  such  positive  prints  and upon the negative film from which such
      positive print or prints were made,  printed,  reproduced  or  prepared,
      including the distribution and exhibition rights therein of all persons,
      firms  or  corporations  at  whose  request,  or with whose knowledge or
      consent such positive prints were copied, printed, reprinted, reproduced
      or prepared, and upon any and all other negative or positive  prints  or
      films  of  such owner, lessee, licensee, mortgagee or conditional vendee
      in their possession, including the distribution  and  exhibition  rights
      therein,  of  all such persons, firms and corporations aforesaid and may
      retain such negative and positive motion picture films at any time  they
      may  be  lawfully  in  their possession until the payment of any sum due
      from the owner of such negative or positive films or from any  licensee,
      lessee,  mortgagee  or  conditional  vendee  thereof  or from any person
      authorized to contract  for  such  work,  for  the  material  and  labor
      furnished,  including storage charges, insurance, cost of containers and
      money advanced in connection with the developing, printing,  reproducing
      and  preparing  of  such  motion  picture  negative  or  positive films.
      Possession of motion picture film by any person who  shall  deliver  the
      same  to  any motion picture laboratory shall be presumptive evidence of
      the consent of the owner thereof to the performance of  the  work  which
      may  be  done  thereon  or  therefrom by such laboratory. No lien hereby
      granted shall be waived or impaired by the taking of any note  or  notes
      for  the moneys so due or for the work and labor performed and materials
      and moneys furnished.