Q18

[rebecca.arian]

Can someone please explain the varying answer choices and why they are incorrect (or in the case of e correct?)

Thanks!

[maryadkins]

Hi Rebecca!

So what we know about TO theory proponents, basically, is:

-They think IP rights are like rights of ownership of tangible objects.
-This includes transferring ownership but retaining some rights (as can be done with land, for example).

(A) is out of scope. An established publisher?

(B) We know that TO theory proponents believe a chief advantage of the theory is that it avoids dealing with people owning abstract ideas (line 39), but "most legal systems?" This is not in the passage.

(C) is not in the passage.

(D) is the opposite of what we're looking for.

(E) YES. See line 35-39 again--this is in fact a benefit of TO theory according to its proponents.

Hope this helps... and that studying is going well!

[rebecca.arian]

Hi Mary!!

Thanks for your reply. I read it and on second read through it clicked. Thanks again, and I hope you are doing well!

[shirando21]

Hi Rebecca!

So what we know about TO theory proponents, basically, is:

-They think IP rights are like rights of ownership of tangible objects.
-This includes transferring ownership but retaining some rights (as can be done with land, for example).

(A) is out of scope. An established publisher?

(B) We know that TO theory proponents believe a chief advantage of the theory is that it avoids dealing with people owning abstract ideas (line 39), but "most legal systems?" This is not in the passage.

(C) is not in the passage.

(D) is the opposite of what we're looking for.

(E) YES. See line 29 again--this is in fact a benefit of TO theory according to its proponents.

Hope this helps... and that studying is going well!

about E, aren't we talking about copyright only in this passage? E is about patent, doesn't it have a scope issue?

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

about E, aren't we talking about copyright only in this passage? E is about patent, doesn't it have a scope issue?

Not exactly. The passage has a lot to do with intellectual property. And line 29 is even broader as it discusses the "original producer of a product." That is broad enough to support a view about patent protection for inventors.

[vincent.m]

Hi,

Just to add to the explanation above, I believe E basically restates lines 35-39. Can someone confirm? Thank you!

[ohthatpatrick]

Yes, you're totally right.

The proof sentence for (E) is 35-39.

I think Mary's original post just had a typo. It said "see line 29 again", but she had previously mentioned line 39, so she was looking at the same sentence you were.

I fixed her original post. Good catch!

[AnnaT620]

Hi Team

I'm not sure I follow for this question why D is the opposite of what we're looking for? Do those supporting tangible object theory generally believe that no works that cannot be manifested as concrete objects deserve copyright protection? Feel like I'm definitely getting a bit confused here!

Many thanks!
Anna