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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 996<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":373310,"section_number":"59.1-507.4","catch_line":"Copy; refusal of defective tender","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-507.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1489291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373311,"identifier":"59.1-507.5","token":"59.1\/43\/7\/59.1-507.5","url":"\/59.1-507.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-507.5\/","token":"59.1\/43\/7\/59.1-507.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Copy; contract with previous vested grant of rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-507.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an agreement grants a right in or permission to use informational rights which precedes or is otherwise independent of the delivery of a copy, the following rules apply:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A party<\/span> may refuse a tender of a copy which is a material<\/span> breach as to that copy, but refusal of that tender does not cancel the contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In a case governed by paragraph (1), the tendering party<\/span> may cure the breach by seasonably providing a conforming copy before the breach becomes material<\/span> as to the whole contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A breach that is material<\/span> with respect to a copy allows cancellation of the contract<\/span> only if the breach cannot be seasonably cured and is a material<\/span> breach of the whole contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOPY; CONTRACT WITH PREVIOUS VESTED GRANT OF RIGHTS (\u00a7 59.1-507.5)\n\nIf an agreement grants a right in or permission to use informational rights\nwhich precedes or is otherwise independent of the delivery of a copy, the\nfollowing rules apply:\n\n1. A party may refuse a tender of a copy which is a material breach as to that\ncopy, but refusal of that tender does not cancel the contract.\n\n2. In a case governed by paragraph (1), the tendering party may cure the breach\nby seasonably providing a conforming copy before the breach becomes material as\nto the whole contract.\n\n3. A breach that is material with respect to a copy allows cancellation of the\ncontract only if the breach cannot be seasonably cured and is a material breach\nof the whole contract.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}