Hello,
Can someone please explain why answer choice (A) is better than (E)?
I thought that the internet community would not like to pay any money for the information, which I supported with lines 53-60.
I thought answer choice E was better, since publishing companies already allow people conducting research to use the material, and the passage says this is the "majority" of the transmissions (lines 49-53).
I was thinking answer choice (E) might be wrong for two reasons:
1) It doesn't change anything (since those people are already allowed to use the information) and publishers want the laws changed
2) The rest of the internet community (those who are not doing research) would want more access
Please let me know if this is correct. Also, can someone please go into answer (A) because I can't really see why it is s right.
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Re: Q25
This question sucks! However, your analysis is awesome!
We're looking for something that would be a compromise between the positions held by the Internet community - who want free access to information - and the publishing community - who want to protect their copyrights. Remember, a compromise doesn't mean both sides come out happy. It means both get something and lose something.
(A) is the most likely compromise because the other answers are worse. Also, the fee is only applied to the digitalization of the work, not the transmission or receipt of that digitalization. It's a decent compromise since the publishers get a small fee (though only for the digitalization, not for the transmission) and the Internet folks get free or cheap information, only paying for digitalization, not for the transmission of information.
(B) is tempting since the passage mentions that academics should get special treatment. However, this is basically already the case - academics get exemptions. What does either the Internet or the publishers get out of this?
(C) is too nice to the Internet folks! The publishers would be mad.
(D) is the opposite of (C) - the Internet folks would be angry!
(E) is tempting, however it's basically the same as (B). We already know researchers get special rights. Who does this help in the Internet or publishing worlds?
We're looking for something that would be a compromise between the positions held by the Internet community - who want free access to information - and the publishing community - who want to protect their copyrights. Remember, a compromise doesn't mean both sides come out happy. It means both get something and lose something.
(A) is the most likely compromise because the other answers are worse. Also, the fee is only applied to the digitalization of the work, not the transmission or receipt of that digitalization. It's a decent compromise since the publishers get a small fee (though only for the digitalization, not for the transmission) and the Internet folks get free or cheap information, only paying for digitalization, not for the transmission of information.
(B) is tempting since the passage mentions that academics should get special treatment. However, this is basically already the case - academics get exemptions. What does either the Internet or the publishers get out of this?
(C) is too nice to the Internet folks! The publishers would be mad.
(D) is the opposite of (C) - the Internet folks would be angry!
(E) is tempting, however it's basically the same as (B). We already know researchers get special rights. Who does this help in the Internet or publishing worlds?
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