### Question
How is the term motion picture exhibition facility defined?


### Answer
The term **motion picture exhibition facility** is defined in *17 U.S.C. § 101* as the following:

> a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being used primarily for the exhibition of a copyrighted motion picture, if such exhibition is open to the public or is made to an assembled group of viewers outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances

#### Citation:
  - *17 U.S.C. § 101*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT**

