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[originaltext] The Authors Guild, a writing association, has started the new
[originaltext] The Authors Guild, a writing association, has started the new
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The Authors Guild, a writing association, has started the new year successfully. First, the group, which represents the interests of writers, asked the Supreme Court to review an October appeals court ruling, which supported Google’s right to digitize out-of-print books without an author’s permission. A few days later, the association raised another issue when it released a letter to publishers demanding better contract terms for authors.
Both moves come as many writers find it harder and harder to make a living from their writing. Since 2009, the mean income for writers has gone down 30 percent, says the association’s executive director, Mary Rasenberger.
"It’s alarming. Incomes are now down to unsustainable levels, and that means that even the authors, who have been writing for decades, are now being forced to seek other work, " she says. "So, we are looking at this in a comprehensive way: Why this happening, and what can we do about it?"
Rasenberger says the Google Books case raised the issue of copyright protection. Among other things, the association says its writers should get a higher percentage of e-book income and authors should also be able to retain the rights to their own books.
5.What did the Authors Guild do in the new year?
6. Why did the Authors Guild take the two moves in the new year?
7. What issue is the Google Book case concern with?
选项
A、It started to represent the interests of writers.
B、It founded a new agency to support writers.
C、It had meeting with publishers for better contract terms.
D、It asked for a review on appeals court ruling.
答案
D
解析
新闻开头提到,美国作家协会(The Authors Guild)成功开始了新的一年。接着具体指出作家协会首先要求最高法院复审去年十月的上诉裁决,裁决判定谷歌有权不经作家许可就可以将己绝版的书刊制威电子版。D与新闻内容相符。A中represents Me interests of writers在新闻中出现过原词,是对该协会的介绍说明,并不是新年做的。B“建立一个新的机构来支持作家”没有在新闻提及。C错在had meetings,新闻说的是“发表信件给出版商”(released a letter)要求更好的合同条款,而不是与“出版商”开会。
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