EPROM issues, who can burn?

Hi One of the problems I see is for things like BIOS's for PC's. There were several people making compatible BIOS's for a period of time. If one was replacing a BIOS made by another company, I'm sure it would be considered a violation of copyright. The entire thing is sticky. Many of the newer BIOS's are specific to the hardware and wouldn't work on another machine unless it had the same chipsets. I also have interest in pinball machines. There are those that are archiving ROM's for these but they know they are on shaky ground. If someone officially complained, they'd have to shut down. One pinball company ( that just announced that it was leaving the pinball business ) had an archive for its older machines. On a side note, I have an old 4004 development system with three 1702A's that are still functional. ( it also programs 1702's or 1702A's ). I am able to program 2708's on a Cromemco board and have a programmer that can do 2716 on up. I would still have problems with anything marked as copyrighted. Dwight