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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Rom Copyrights
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Date: 2 May 89 17:27:50 GMT
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In article <1049@orbit.UUCP> shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) writes:
>nubartho@ndsuvax.UUCP (Bruce Bartholomew) writes:
>>I am curious as too get involved with this discussion of rom copyrights and
>>whether an owner can copy the rom code fro archival purposes.
>                                            ^^^^^^^^
>Archival?  Heh.  Well, since no Apple agreement states that you may copy the
>ROMS, and copying the ROMS is not pursuant to normal use of the software, yes,
>it's illegal.
>

   Hardly.  The copyright laws clearly state that any software that you
have under liscence or ownership may be duplicated for backup purposes.
This is irrespective of media, normal use of the software, etc.  Read your
copyright code (I have). 



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