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
On the heels of its recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they have purchased to their computers (o
On the heels of its recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they have purchased to their computers (o
admin
2022-06-24
69
问题
On the heels of its recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they have purchased to their computers (or iPods), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. "The brain is a recording device, " explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback. "
The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they do not settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages.
In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they have just heard—a skill already mastered by the former U. S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law).
Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. "Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated, " said Sherman.
Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA’s new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA’s position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA.
With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U. S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost US taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year—an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that—the 28% remaining adults not in prison do not buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the US government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons.
When asked whether he really wants 72% of the US population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, Sherman shot back, "You don’t support criminal behavior, do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. We can’t have criminals running free on the streets of America. It’s an issue of national security. "
What category does this essay fall into?
选项
A、News report.
B、Satire.
C、Review.
D、Humour.
答案
A
解析
B项“讽刺”,从文章中并未看出讽刺的意味,故错误;C项“评论”,作者只是在叙述并未做任何评论,故错误;D项“幽默”明显错误;A项“新闻报道”,纵览全文可以看出,所以答案为A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/IIPd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Whatdothestudentshavetodoiftheywanttojoinaspecialinterestclass?
Employeestodayworkshorterhoursbuttakelongervacationthanin1979.
ConfucianismhasitsgreatesteffectamongEuropeancountriesin______.Inrecentthirtyyears,ConfuciusandConfucianismare
Whatisthespeakermainlydiscussing?
AnswerquestionsbyreferringtothreebookreviewsonHowtoTravelwithaSalmonandOtherEssaysbyUmbertoEco.Note:Wh
WhathasbecomeabigissueforeducatorsinAmericanschoolsbetweenthesexes?
Themanbehindthisnotion,JackMaple,isadandywhoaffectsdarkglasses,homburgs(翘边帽)andtwo-toeshoes;yethehasbecomes
RecentsurveysshowthatJapaneseyouthhavebecomea"MeGeneration"thatrejectstraditionalvalues."Around1980manyJap
Therearetwobasicwaystoseegrowth:oneasaproduct,theotherasaprocess.Peoplehavegenerallyviewedpersonalgrowtha
Whenmymotherlearnedshewaspregnantwithme,myparentssatdownoneSundaymorningtoreviewtheirfinances.Turningonthe
随机试题
某公司计划投资两个项目共30万元,第一个项目每投入1万元可回报0.6万元,第二个项目每投入1万元可回报0.4万元,且第二个项目投资额不得低于第一个项目投资额的一半,每笔投资不得低于10万元,则最多可见回报()万元。
早期食管癌的症状是:()
丹毒的中医治疗原则以下哪一个最恰当()
男,52岁,1周来出现阵发性夜间心前区闷胀,伴出汗,每次持续约10分钟,能自行缓解,白天可正常工作。1小时前在熟睡中再发心前区胀痛,明显压抑感,自服速效救心丸无效,症状持续不缓解而来院。既往身体健康,无类似发作。入院查心电图呈心前区导联sT段抬高。该患者最
下列哪项是急性肾小球肾炎的主要临床特点()
科目汇总表账务处理程序的主要缺点是( )。
税务局向工商企业征收税款时,货币执行价值尺度职能。()
如图所示,街道ABC在B处拐弯,在街道一侧等距装路灯,要求A、B、C处各装一盏路灯,这条街道最少装多少盏路灯?()
【2014年国家第2题】关于宇航员在太空的生活,下列说法不正确的是()。
里昂惕夫反论
最新回复
(
0
)