Web Intellectual Property

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: telephone legal problems3% picked this

   compare and contrast the legal problems created by two different sorts

   The passage was never discussing legal problems relating to telephones.

   3%
2. B

   Contradicted: each of two sides27% picked this

   provide an analogy to illustrate the positions taken by each of the two sides in

   The author provides this analogy to support one side of the debate, the side that thinks it's fine for B to create a link to A's document. It shows that A controls access to the document just as the person who records an answering machine greeting controls access to the greeting. "Therefore, even if B leads others to the document, it is A who actually controls access to it. Hence creating a link to a document is not the same as making or distributing a copy of that document."

   27%
3. C

   Out of Scope: telephone legal problems4% picked this

   show that the legal problems produced by new communication technology are

   This answer implies that the telephone answering machine was brought up to connect the legal problem being discussed with internet pages to a preexisting legal problem produced by phones. But the passage was never discussing legal problems relating to telephones.

   4%
4. D

   Correct65% picked this

   illustrate the basic principle the author believes should help determine the outcome of

   Why this is right

   This answer reinforces the surrounding claims. Right before the author brings up telephone answering machines, she says, "To answer this question, it must first be determined who controls distribution" = the author thinks that answering this question will help determine the outcome of the copyright debate. In the sentences after the telephone answering machine is discussed, we get, "Anyone who calls can listen to the message; that is its purpose. While B's link may facilitate access to A's document, the crucial point is that A, simply by placing that document on the Web, is thereby offering it for distribution." = The author thinks that the basic principle is that guiding someone to someone else's copyrighted property isn't infringement, as long as they still control access to it.

   Skill tested: Local Purpose · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   65%
5. E

   Out of Scope: telephone infringement1% picked this

   show that telephone use also raises concerns about

   This is our 3rd trap answer that is trying to make students look within the detail about telephones rather than surrounding the detail about phones. The author was never suggesting there were any legal problems or potential copyright infringement when it comes to hearing people's answering machine messages.

   1%