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Maryland Code, Commercial Law § 22-611

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) If an access contract provides for access over a period of time, the following rules apply:

(1) The licensee's rights of access are to the information as modified and made commercially available by the licensor from time to time during that period.

(2) A change in the content of the information is a breach of contract only if the change conflicts with an express term of the agreement.

(3) Unless it is subject to a contractual use term, information obtained by the licensee is free of any use restriction other than a restriction resulting from the informational rights of another person or other law.

(4) Access must be available:

(A) At times and in a manner conforming to the express terms of the agreement;  and

(B) To the extent not expressly stated in the agreement, at times and in a manner reasonable for the particular type of contract in light of the ordinary standards of the business, trade, or industry.

(b) In an access contract that gives the licensee a right of access at times substantially of its own choosing during agreed periods, an occasional failure to have access available during those times is not a breach of contract if it is:

(1) Consistent with ordinary standards of the business, trade, or industry for the particular type of contract;  or

(2) Caused by:

(A) Scheduled downtime;

(B) Reasonable needs for maintenance;

(C) Reasonable periods of failure of equipment, computer programs, or communications;  or

(D) Events reasonably beyond the licensor's control, and the licensor exercises such commercially reasonable efforts as the circumstances require.

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