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From: berger@clio.Uiuc.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: PC ROM copying
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Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 19:05:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 11 19:05:00 1986
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Nf-From: clio.Uiuc.ARPA!berger    Sep 11 18:05:00 1986


I don't believe it's illegal to copy roms for PERSONAL, non-
commercial use.  And you can always put the originals back in
if you need service.

As far as gray market merchandise, different manufacturers
have different policies.  Nakamichi is happy to repair any
of their products under warranty.  Seiko won't honor the
warranty on something that wasn't imported through proper
channels.  Sony wants to maintain a reputation as an inter-
national company, and reluctantly honors warranties on
gray market merchandise.  Note that there's nothing illegal
about the gray market - it just circumvents artificially high
prices.  K-Mart says that gray market Seiko watches bought off
the shelf in Japan cost them less (even though they have to
eat the exchange on defective merchandise since Seiko won't)
than purchasing from a Seiko jobber in the US in huge
quantities.