#28 - Specific Reference

[LSAT2018]

How are answers (D) and (E) eliminated? Wouldn't the original digitalization be the same as making a copy of a copyrighted work?

I eliminated answers (A) and (B) because there was no indication that the experts (cited in line 32) were knowledgeable about the researchers who use copyrighted work for the purposes of research/private study.

[GiggySmalls]

Hey,

I got that one wrong as well, but re-reading it I found that on line 50, it can be inferred that the author would want a law that doesn't apply to academics (posting this more for others looking in the future, because I'm sure you've already sat your lsats!)

[tuj767]

Can you please explain why A is correct? I don't understand how private study/research is attributed to the experts. Thanks!

[Adam Tyson]

Towards the end of the passage, we have this information:

Furthermore, even an expanded law might not cover the majority of transmissions, given the vast numbers of users who are academics and the fact that current copyright law allows generous exemptions for those engaged in
private study or research.

If the experts mentioned at the beginning of that paragraph "propose simply adding unauthorized digitalization to the list of activities proscribed under current law," then they are not proposing any other change to the law, which means they would retain the current set of exemptions for private study or research.

And as to the earlier questions in this thread about answers C, D, and E, those are wrong because they deal with copies made from an unauthorized digitalization, but the experts mentioned are only speaking about the initial creation of the unauthorized digitalization. We can't infer their thoughts about subsequent copying.