Cynthia Hates Writing Term Papers and Reports,so When She Receives

question 55

Multiple Choice

Cynthia hates writing term papers and reports,so when she receives an assignment to write a paper for her law class,she calls her friend Stephanie and agrees to pay Stephanie to write the paper for her.Stephanie,instead of writing the paper,copies a paper from a small,remote law journal that publishes faculty-written papers from throughout the world online.When the plagiarism is discovered,an infringement claim is brought.Cynthia is guilty of

• A) vicarious infringement.
• B) nothing because Stephanie, not Cynthia, infringed on the author's/publisher's copyright.
• C) indirect, or contributory, infringement.
• D) nothing because once a work is published online, the fair use doctrine permits unlimited use of the work without attribution.

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