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#73861
Complete Question Explanation
The correct answer choice is (D).
One last Concept Reference question for good measure. The only discussion about what present copyright law actually does, as opposed to a debate about it or what it should do, is found in paragraph 2 on lines 20-23, referencing the right of copyright holders to sue anyone distributing a work without permission. So this is our Prephrase, as it's the only completely known information the author gives in the passage on the subject of current copyright law.
Answer choice (A): An Opposite Answer, running completely contrary to the stated right of a copyright to sue for any unauthorized distribution.
Answer choice (B): Another Opposite Answer, as it is the copyright holder, not the website owner, who controls right of distribution under current copyright law.
Answer choice (C): Close but not quite the same thing as what the author says. A lawsuit is a form of redress for a wrong committed against a plaintiff, and the wrong mentioned here is unauthorized distribution, not profiting. Moreover, this answer choice also implies that profit would be barred even via authorized distribution if not the copyright holder; imagine Amazon not being allowed to profit off of sales of e-books.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. A clear restatement of the information given on lines 20-23, making it correct.
Answer choice (E): This idea is heavily implied by the passage, but not explicitly said, and thus can't be known to 100% certainty. As the question stem allows for no doubt, we need an answer choice that can be known with 100% certainty based upon the information in the passage.
The correct answer choice is (D).
One last Concept Reference question for good measure. The only discussion about what present copyright law actually does, as opposed to a debate about it or what it should do, is found in paragraph 2 on lines 20-23, referencing the right of copyright holders to sue anyone distributing a work without permission. So this is our Prephrase, as it's the only completely known information the author gives in the passage on the subject of current copyright law.
Answer choice (A): An Opposite Answer, running completely contrary to the stated right of a copyright to sue for any unauthorized distribution.
Answer choice (B): Another Opposite Answer, as it is the copyright holder, not the website owner, who controls right of distribution under current copyright law.
Answer choice (C): Close but not quite the same thing as what the author says. A lawsuit is a form of redress for a wrong committed against a plaintiff, and the wrong mentioned here is unauthorized distribution, not profiting. Moreover, this answer choice also implies that profit would be barred even via authorized distribution if not the copyright holder; imagine Amazon not being allowed to profit off of sales of e-books.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. A clear restatement of the information given on lines 20-23, making it correct.
Answer choice (E): This idea is heavily implied by the passage, but not explicitly said, and thus can't be known to 100% certainty. As the question stem allows for no doubt, we need an answer choice that can be known with 100% certainty based upon the information in the passage.
