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V. Reading Comprehension: 20%
(A) A recent ruling concerning Internet copyright laws in the UK has set the online world buzzing. Ironically, those who read about it on the Internet and then posted it or passed it on to their friends might have committed an illegal act, according to the new law.All the fuss started after the UK Court of Appeal ruled on the NLA(Newspaper Licensing Agency) vs.Meltwater& PRCA(Public Relations Consultants Association) case. To make a very long and complicated story short, the firm Meltwater and the group PRCA questioned the NLA’s requirement that Internet users have a license for every page they open. The NLCA’s position is that information on commercial websites is protected by copyright law. The opposing position is that the law, as currently written, makes everyone who opens such a website a potential criminal. This is because when an Internet user clicks open a page, their computer automatically makes a digital copy of that page in the machine’s temporary memory. The copyright license agreement may or may not be printed on the page after it is accessed. Likewise, the vague term of personal non-commercial use is not clear enough for the average user to determine how they can handle the information provided.Though NLCA won the case, Meltwater & PRCA are taking it to a higher court--- the Supreme Court of the UK.The consequence of this verdict, that the average Internet user may be breaking the law just by viewing a website, has many people in the legal and journalism fields up in arms. The Internet is a real-life symbol of freedom of information. The determination of the UK Court of Appeal in this case flies in the face of what has made the Internet what it is today. ( February 教二 )
56. Which of the following statement is true about NLA?
(A)It requires Internet users to be protected by copyright law.
(B)It provides clear term of personal non-commercial use for the average user.
(C) Many people in other fields felt strongly angry at NLA’s requirement about license for user to open a website.
(D)The UK Court of Appeal was in the opposing position against NL
(A)

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難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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