PrepTest 123, Section 1, Question 3
In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner(422 more words not shown)
The copy-shop owner as described(16 more words not shown)
- AThe potential market(24 more words not shown)
- BPublishers are always(9 more words not shown)
- CMore copy shops(18 more words not shown)
- DCertain provisions of(12 more words not shown)
- ECopy shops make(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What has the owner actually told us? Getting permission takes too much time, effort, and money. Course packs also let professors assign readings that students couldn't reasonably be expected to buy as separate books and journals. Those are his two defenses.
What we’re looking for
We need a view supported by what he says, rather than a new opinion that merely sounds like something a copy-shop owner might believe.
Working the answers
- A
This concern about lost sales belongs to the publishers' argument. We aren't given the owner's position on how market value should be calculated.
- B
We only hear about the publishers' opposition in this dispute. That doesn't show that publishers oppose every course pack in every situation, and the owner never makes that broader claim. “Always” asks us to assume more than this account supports.
- CCorrect
The owner calls the permission process “time-consuming, cumbersome, and expensive,” and says others in the business share that complaint. If those obstacles were reduced, more shops would likely seek permission. That follows from his stated objection to the process.
- D
He complains that obtaining permission is burdensome, not that the law fails to cover every possible situation. Making the process easier and rewriting the law to address all situations are different proposals.
- E
We know course packs earn money, but we aren't given profits from other materials to compare them with. The owner never claims course packs are the more profitable part of the business.
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