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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59517</law_id><section_number>59.1-506.13</section_number><catch_line>Contracts involving publishers, dealers, and end users</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="43">Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Performance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> In this section: <a id="paragraph-218052" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dealer</span>&#x201D; means a merchant licensee that receives information directly or indirectly from a licensor for sale or license to <span class="dictionary">end users</span>. <a id="paragraph-218053" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">End user</span>&#x201D; means a licensee that acquires a copy of the information from a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> by delivery on a tangible medium for the licensee&#x2019;s own use and not for sale, license, transmission to third persons, or public display or performance for a fee. <a id="paragraph-218054" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Publisher</span>&#x201D; means a licensor, other than a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>, that offers a license to an <span class="dictionary">end user</span> with respect to information distributed by a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> to the <span class="dictionary">end user</span>. <a id="paragraph-218055" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> In a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> and an <span class="dictionary">end user</span>, if the <span class="dictionary">end user</span>&#x2019;s right to use the information or informational rights is subject to a license by the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span> and there was no opportunity to review the license before the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> became obligated to pay the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>, the following rules apply: <a id="paragraph-218056" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> and the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> is conditioned on the <span class="dictionary">end user</span>&#x2019;s agreement to the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span>&#x2019;s license. <a id="paragraph-218057" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> does not agree, such as by manifesting assent, to the terms of the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span>&#x2019;s license, the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> has a right to a return from the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>. A right under this paragraph is a return for purposes of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manifesting assent" href="/59.1-501.12/">59.1-501.12</a>, <a class="law" title="Adopting terms of records" href="/59.1-502.8/">59.1-502.8</a>, and <a class="law" title="Mass-market license" href="/59.1-502.9/">59.1-502.9</a>. <a id="paragraph-218058" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> is not bound by the terms, and does not receive the benefits, of an agreement between the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span> and the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> unless the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> and <span class="dictionary">end user</span> adopt those terms as part of the agreement. <a id="paragraph-218059" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If an agreement provides for distribution of copies on a tangible medium or in packaging provided by the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span> or an authorized third <span class="dictionary">party</span>, a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> may distribute those copies and documentation only: <a id="paragraph-218060" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> in the form as received; and <a id="paragraph-218061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> subject to the terms of any license that the <span class="dictionary">publisher</span> provides to the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> to be furnished to <span class="dictionary">end users</span>. <a id="paragraph-218062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> A <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> that enters into an agreement with an <span class="dictionary">end user</span> is a licensor with respect to the <span class="dictionary">end user</span> under this chapter. <a id="paragraph-218063" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.13/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
