PrepTest 123, Section 1, Question 4
In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner(422 more words not shown)
The information in the passage(14 more words not shown)
- ACopyright law can(11 more words not shown)
- BCourts have been(10 more words not shown)
- CThe number of(12 more words not shown)
- DNew practices can(10 more words not shown)
- ECopyright law is(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We have one case in which a court weighs educational use, commercial profit, and possible harm to publishers. This is a broad support question, so I don't have a single claim to predict. I'll check each answer against what this case actually establishes; familiar-sounding claims about copyright still need evidence here.
Working the answers
- A
Nothing compares copyright law's complexity with other areas of law. Having several factors to consider in this case isn't enough to establish that ranking.
- B
We see one court's ruling, with no rulings from other courts to compare it with. That cannot establish that courts have interpreted the law inconsistently.
- C
No change in the number or kinds of protected materials is described. A ruling about these course packs doesn't establish a steady decrease over time.
- DCorrect
The first paragraph calls the case “unique” because a copy shop was producing the educational copies for profit. The court had to determine how copyright protection applied to that situation. That's the sense in which a new practice can require refinement in the law's application; we don't need to conclude that course packs themselves had just been invented.
- E
Educational use is one concern within copyright law. This case doesn't establish that making materials available for education is the law's primary purpose.
More Detail questions
Learn the LSAT our way
Our platform drills Detail questions at your level and adjusts as you improve.