Hollywood is known the world over for being the center of the motion picture industry.

But did you ever wonder why the movie business is centered there or why it hasn't moved somewhere else?

Well, it all has to do with the clause in various Union contracts.

Learn more about the 30 Mile Zone or the TMZ

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To understand the 30-mile zone, we first have to understand how the movie industry came to be in Hollywood in the first place.

While we associate the movie industry with Hollywood, the very, very early motion picture industry was actually on the East Coast.

The invention of motion pitchers is credited to Thomas Edison, who did in fact own a large number

of patents regarding motion pitchers.

And Edison was very aggressive in enforcing his patents.

Edison owned patents on cameras, projectors, and other parts of the motion picture

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