首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
No mater what, the "content-should-be-free" crowd says, copyright theft robs artists and businesses of their livelihoods. Creati
No mater what, the "content-should-be-free" crowd says, copyright theft robs artists and businesses of their livelihoods. Creati
admin
2015-01-31
37
问题
No mater what, the "content-should-be-free" crowd says, copyright theft robs artists and businesses of their livelihoods. Creative industries employ millions of people in the advanced world . The damage may be less than the annual $135 billion that the entertainment and publishing industries claim. These firms could change their business models to reduce the pirates’ profits, especially in countries where an album costs a day’s wages. But mispricing does not justify crime.
So far, attempts to stop online piracy have largely failed. Lawsuits did shut down file-sharing services such as Napster and Grokster, but others have taken their place— such as Pirate Bay and the new "cyberlockers".
Congress is now considering the Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA)which would let copyright-holders take action against the intermediaries—such as payment services, search engines, and internet service providers(ISPs)—that supply money and traffic to pirate sites. If the intermediaries do not cut these sites off, they will face lawsuits.
In principle, the move is a good one. Content companies need more effective legal methods against piracy. And the thrust of the bill is sensible. Search engines direct users to pirated content and make money from the ads that appear next to the search results. The threat of lawsuits might encourage them to do much more to ensure that a search only brings up legitimate online music services. And putting the burden of enforcement on the private sector has advantages: the victimized party will have a better idea than the state whether a copyright infringement is worth pursuing.
But the bill has problems too. The loose definition of infringement in SOPA could include sites that unwittingly carry comments linking to pirated material. It could discourage people from setting up new sites allowing users to post things. Large firms can cope with the extra bother, but the fear of lawsuits could stifle smaller companies and start-ups.
A second big defect is that SOPA obliges ISPs to put filters in place to prevent their customers reaching pirate websites easily. That risks damaging the internet’s vital internal addressing system, which lets people use words instead of numbers to access websites. And the bill’ s vague wording leaves open the possibility that American ISPs might have to set up more intrusive forms of filtering, with the costs, performance problems and privacy issues that would inevitably cause.
Yet SOPA’s flaws are not, as its opponents claim, fatal. The bill should be improved and tightened—by defining more narrowly the kinds of websites that intermediaries can be asked to block—to ensure that it makes life harder for pirates without damaging the internet or imposing unreasonable costs on the law-abiding.
What’ s the author’ s attitude towards the SOPA?
选项
A、Supporting.
B、Opposing.
C、Neutral.
D、Not clear.
答案
A
解析
态度题。本体主要考查的是作者对于《制止网络盗版法案》的态度,根据文中In principle,the move is a good one.Content companies need more effective legalmethods against piracy.And the thrust ofthe bill is sensible可以看出.作者还是比较支持这一法案的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/hRh7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
TheHappinessEffect[A]Thenexttimeyougettheflu,therewillalmostcertainlybesomeoneyoucanblameforyourpain.There
TheHappinessEffect[A]Thenexttimeyougettheflu,therewillalmostcertainlybesomeoneyoucanblameforyourpain.There
Thestudyofanimalsinparksandinthewildhasgivenadeeperknowledgeoftheirhabits:theresulthasbeenagreat【C1】_____
Thestudyofanimalsinparksandinthewildhasgivenadeeperknowledgeoftheirhabits:theresulthasbeenagreat【C1】_____
Anadvanceddegreeinbusinessstudiesisnowamustforanyambitiousandfocusedexecutivehopingtoclimbthecareerladderi
A、Menarestilltheleadersintheirfamily.B、Menandwomenarehavingmorethingsincommonnow.C、Therolesofmenandwomen
Amongthegovernment’smostinterestingreportsisonethatestimateswhatparentsspendontheirchildren.Notsurprisingly,th
WasteNot,WantNotFeedingthe9Billion:TheTragedyofWasteA)By2075,theUnitedNations’mid-rangeprojectionforglobal
A、Modernpeoplehavethesameworriesasthecavemandid.B、Modernpeopleexperiencemorestressthanthecaveman.C、Thecave
随机试题
男性,20岁。反复发作性四肢抽搐,口吐白沫,意识丧失,伴大小便失禁2年。脑电图示有痫波发放。下列哪种说法不正确
《江城晚报》记者张某在某报上发表一篇评论性文章,文中谈道:“江城文坛中,有的作家剽窃别人的作品当作自己的作品出版,有的作家昧着良心沦为有钱人的‘枪手’,文化素质和道德水平都有待大幅度地提高。”该报在江城所辖的甲、乙、丙、丁四个区发行。该市的作家陈某和李某认
简述物权的保护。
存量房查验和交接时,房地产经纪人员需要准备的材料不包括()。
总体来说,在建立风险识别系统时,要遵循的基本原则有()。
数学课上,教师教授“对称”这一概念时,采用了三种方式:用自己的话说出“对称”的意义;从一些图形中分别找出线对称和点对称图形;利用线对称和点对称的原理,在方格内设计美术字。该教师的做法旨在培养学生的()
轮船:大海
A.牙周探针B.尖探针C.洁治器D.刮治器E.骨锉清除龈上牙石时应使用()。
HewasnotasactiveasIhad______himtobe.
中国近代史上中国人民第一次大规模的反侵略武装斗争是()
最新回复
(
0
)