Q21

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21. (D)
Question Type: Synthesis (6-13, 23-27, 28-55)

The author’s position is: linking to a web page is not copyright infringement, so we shouldn’t strengthen laws to protect against this. The answering machine analogy supports this position by clarifying who is responsible for the actual distribution of content. This issue of distribution is the basic principle at work.

Incorrect Answers
(A) is an unsupported interpretation. The answering machine is not compared with the web, but rather used as an example to support a claim made about the web.
(B) is an unsupported interpretation. The answering machine is used as an analogy to support the author’s side, but it is not used to illustrate the position of the other side.
(C) is an unsupported interpretation. This is not the point at all. (E) is an unsupported interpretation. Again, this is not the point.