PrepTest 130, Section 2, Question 16
Proponents of the tangible-object theory of copyright argue(461 more words not shown)
The passage most directly answers(6 more words not shown)
- ADo proponents of(15 more words not shown)
- BDo proponents of(18 more words not shown)
- CHas the tangible-object(24 more words not shown)
- DDoes existing copyright(24 more words not shown)
- EAre there standard(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is an open question about what the discussion actually answers. Much of what we've read explains and evaluates a theory. We should be careful about answers asking for the details of current law or court practice: those require information beyond merely knowing how the theory works.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told whether the theorists want existing laws changed.
- BCorrect
Yes. The land example introduces retained rights, and the theorists then apply that same idea to manuscripts and musical scores. They explicitly extend it beyond real estate.
- C
No court decisions or history of the theory's influence on those decisions is supplied.
- D
The discussion doesn't resolve what protection existing law gives creators who haven't officially applied. Explaining the theory's view of copyright doesn't answer that legal-procedure question.
- E
We aren't given standard transfer procedures across most legal systems. The general possibility of transferring ownership with retained rights is not a description of how those systems administer a transfer.
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