College Copy Shop (CCS)compiles,copies,and Sells Reading Materials to Students on the Instructions

question 14

Essay

College Copy Shop (CCS)compiles,copies,and sells reading materials to students on the instructions of their professors,who indicate which parts of which publications should be included.These include texts published by Deep Topics,Inc.CCS does not obtain the permission of Deep Topics,or any of the other original publishers of the copied materials,and does not pay royalties on the sales of the compilations.Deep Topics and others file a suit against CCS,alleging infringement of the plaintiffs' intellectual property rights.Which type of intellectual property is involved in this situation? What is CCS's likely defense? How is a court most likely to rule? Explain.

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Definitions:

Tariff Barriers

Taxes imposed on imported goods to protect domestic industries from foreign competition and to raise government revenue.

Totalitarian

A political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life.

Joseph Stalin

The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, known for his totalitarian rule, the purges, and the extensive use of the Gulag system.

Gestapo

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.