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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="22-605" title_number="22" title_name="Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Performance; General; Performance in Delivery of Copies; Special Types of Contracts; Loss and Impossibility; Termination">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “automatic restraint” means a program, code, device, or similar electronic or physical limitation the intended purpose of which is to restrict use of information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A party entitled to enforce a limitation on use of information may include an automatic restraint in the information or a copy of it and use that restraint if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A conspicuous term of the agreement authorizes use of the restraint;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The restraint prevents a use that is inconsistent with the agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The restraint prevents use after expiration of the stated duration of the contract or a stated number of uses; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The restraint prevents use after the contract terminates, other than on expiration of a stated duration or number of uses, and the licensor gives reasonable notice to the licensee before further use is prevented.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not authorize an automatic restraint that affirmatively prevents or makes impracticable a licensee’s access to its own information or information of a third party, other than the licensor, if that information is in the possession of the licensee or a third party and accessed without use of the licensor’s information or informational rights.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A party that includes or uses an automatic restraint consistent with subsection (b) or (c) of this section is not liable for any loss caused by the use of the restraint.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not preclude electronic replacement or disabling of an earlier copy of information by the licensor in connection with delivery of a new copy or version under an agreement to replace or disable the earlier copy by electronic means with an upgrade or other new information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>This section does not authorize use of an automatic restraint to enforce remedies in the event of breach of contract or of cancellation for breach.</text>
  </level>
</section>
