Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT135 S4 Q15 Explanation

Copyright was originally the grant

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Stimulus

Copyright was originally the grant of a temporary government-supported monopoly on copying a work. Its sole purpose was to encourage the circulation of ideas by giving authors the opportunity to derive a reasonable financial reward from beyond its original purpose since sometimes _______ .

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
15.

The conclusion of the argument is most strongly supported if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Out of Scope - Other Group4% picked this

    publication of copyrighted works is not the only way to

    The issue is whether copyrights sometimes exceed their intended purpose. Whether there are other ways of to accomplish one of the intended purposes of establishing copyrights is not relevant to the argument.

  2. Out of Scope16% picked this

    authors are willing to circulate their works even without any

    Whether copyrights were needed to encourage the spread of ideas is not relevant to whether copyrights sometimes exceed their intended purpose.

  3. Weakens3% picked this

    authors are unable to find a publisher for their

    This undermines the value of the copyright by suggesting that it does not always lead to financial rewards that extend beyond their intended purpose.

  4. Weakens3% picked this

    there is no practical way to

    This weakens the financial reward of copyrights and so makes it less likely that the value of copyrights exceed their intended purpose.

  5. Correct74% picked this

    copyrights hold for many years after an

    Why this is right

    This extends the financial rewards to the holder of a copyright beyond the intended purpose—reasonable financial rewards for the author of a work.

    Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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