1. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?(A) Despite the widely recognized need to revise Canadian copyright law to protect works from unauthorized reproduction and distribution over the Internet, users of the Internet have mounted many legal challenges to the criminalizing of digitalization.
(B) Although the necessity of revising Canadian copyright law to protect works from unauthorized reproduction and distribution over the Internet is widely recognized, effective criminalizing of digitalization is likely to prove highly complicated.
(C) While the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works over the Internet is not yet a crime, legal experts believe it is only a matter of time before Canadian copyright law is amended to prohibit unauthorized digitalization.
(D) Despite the fact that current Canadian copyright law does not cover digitalization, the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works over the Internet clearly ought to be considered a crime.
(E) Although legal experts in Canada disagree about the most effective way to punish the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works over the Internet, they nonetheless agree that such digitalization should clearly be a punishable crime.
2. Given the author’s argument, which one of the following additions to current Canadian copyright law would most likely be an agreeable compromise to both the Internet community and the publishing community?(A) Digitalization of copyrighted works is permitted to Internet users who pay a small fee to copyright holders.
(B) Digitalization of copyrighted works is prohibited to Internet users who are not academics.
(C) Digitalization of copyrighted works is permitted to all Internet users without restriction.
(D) Digitalization of copyrighted works is prohibited to all Internet users without exception.
(E) Digitalization of copyrighted works is permitted to Internet users engaged in research.
3. The discussion in the second paragraph is intended primarily to explain which one of the following?(A) how copyright infringement of protected works is punished under current Canadian copyright law
(B) why current Canadian copyright law is not easily applicable to digitalization
(C) how the Internet has caused copyright holders to look for new forms of legal protection
(D) why copyright experts propose protecting copyrighted works from unauthorized digitalization
(E) how unauthorized reproductions of copyrighted works are transmitted over the Internet
4. The passage supports each of the following inferences EXCEPT:(A) It is unlikely that every instance of digitalization could be detected under a copyright law revised to criminalize digitalization.
(B) Criminalizing unauthorized digitalization appears to be consistent with the publishing community’s treatment of information as an owned commodity.
(C) When copyright law is revised to cover digitalization, the revised law will include a prohibition on making copies from an unauthorized digitalization of a copyrighted work.
(D) The number of instances of unauthorized digitalization would likely rise if digitalization technology were made even easier to use.
(E) Under current law, many academics are allowed to make copies of copyrighted works as long as they are used only for private research.
5. Which one of the following views can most reasonably be attributed to the experts cited in line 32?(A) Unauthorized digitalization of a copyrighted work should be considered a crime except when it is done for purposes of private study or research.
(B) Unauthorized digitalization of a copyrighted work should be considered a crime even when it is done for purposes of private study or research.
(C) Making a copy of a copyrighted work from an unauthorized digitalization of the work should not be considered a crime.
(D) Making a copy of a copyrighted work from an unauthorized digitalization of the work should be punished, but not as severely as making the original digitalization.
(E) Making a copy of a copyrighted work from an unauthorized digitalization of the work should be punished just as severely as making the original digitalization.