#15 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

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[jacoba1119]

Hi
I dont seem to understand why answer choice E is correct. I see why choice B is correct, but am having trouble seeing why E or D are incorrect. For D it mentions explicitly recipes and jokes as the intellectual property.

[Malila Robinson]

Hi Jacoba1119,
The question asks what is addressed by Passage A and is not addressed by Passage B. So your reasoning for Answer D is why it is not the correct answer since jokes and recipes are outputs that are mentioned in passage A and B respectively. In E the social norms in Passage A include the ability to assert ownership over a joke by imposing sanctions for joke theft, and in Passage B there are 3 social norms that are mentioned which include not copying a recipe exactly, not telling anyone the secrets of a recipe that is revealed to you, and crediting the original recipe creator.

Answer B is correct because Passage A delves into the reasons why comedians usually do not pursue legal action:
“The nonexistence of such lawsuits is a product of both (10) practical considerations that render the cost of enforcing the formal law prohibitively expensive, and legal hurdles that make success difficult and uncertain in lawsuits relating to joke stealing. In the end, copyright law simply does not provide comedians with a (15) cost-effective way of protecting their comedic material.”

Passage B does not address the reasons why legal protections are not used it simply acknowledges that legal protections exist:
“Legal protections (45) are potentially available via trade secrecy laws, but chefs very seldom use them.”
Hope that helps!
-Malila

[gwlsathelp]

Hello, I would like to know why E is wrong. For me, this question and the previous question #14 go hand-in-hand. #14 lays out that passage A mentions/discusses the enforcement of social norms, but this question seems like a contradiction of #14. Can you break down why answer choice E is wrong here and B is the correct answer?

[Adam Tyson]

You're right that passage A lays out the types of sanctions for violating the social norms, gwlsathelp, but this question is not about the enforcement mechanism. It's about the norms themselves! Passage A never tells us what the norms are, while passage B does (making this answer choice the exact opposite of what we are looking for). The norms described in passage B are 1) don't copy exactly, 2) don't share what you have been taught, and 3) give credit to the original author. But in passage A, we aren't told any of the norms. Are comedians allowed to tell someone else's joke if they give credit? Are they allowed to take someone else's joke and then change it just enough so it is not a direct copy? What exactly are the rules they are supposed to follow? We know what happens when they break the rules - badmouthing, refusing to work with you, etc. - but we don't know what the rule are.