DISCUSSION: Both passages are interested in how a profession enforces intellectual property even when the law can’t help.
A few answers talk about legal protections. Note that chefs have no copyright protection for recipes. So any answer focussed on legal protections is off base.
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- Both passages mention legal protections, but they aren’t the focus. The author instead focusses on how both professions use non-legal means to enforce intellectual property.
- This can’t be right, because passage B doesn’t mention enforcement at all! Also, even passage A doesn’t make a link between incentives from copyright (e.g. profits, fame, etc) and enforcement.
- This is a thing associated with intellectual property in general, but it is nowhere present in these passages! This answer might be more relevant on a passage about internet piracy.
Example of social value: Everyone should be able to tell funny jokes. Comedians who make them have no right to them. This will bring the world more laughter. - Chefs don’t have legal protections for most recipes. This answer utterly fails to address passage B. (Passage A did talk about practical reasons why comedians don’t enforce copyright, but we need something for both passages)
You can’t forgo a legal protection you don’t have. To forgo something means you have the option of using it. - CORRECT. This matches well. Both comedians and chefs have developed social norms to protect intellectual property.
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