LSAT 149 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q13

RC Question 13 Explanation

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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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. CORRECT. This matches well. Both comedians and chefs have developed social norms to protect intellectual property.