Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[Hyman Rosen]

Rjack wrote:
> Hmmmm. . . "to the extent possible".
> 1) Limited to the extent that all copyright license are contracts.

There's also 17 USC 506:
    § 506. Criminal offenses
        (a) Criminal Infringement. —
            (1) In general. — Any person who willfully infringes a
            copyright shall be punished as provided under section
            2319 of title 18, if the infringement was committed —
                (A) for purposes of commercial advantage or private
                financial gain;

> 2) Limited to the extent that the viral "copyleft" principle is
>    preempted by 17 USC sec. 301(a).

What does federal preemption have to do with anything?