56.
What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?
A. The
organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.
B.
Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.
C. A
game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.
D.
More and more athletes will compete for their own honor.
E
Most
musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from
their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs
and other material for free, according to a study released on Sunday.
Recording
labels and movie studios have hired groups of lawyers to pursue(追究)networks like Kazaa, and have sued
thousands of individuals who spread out copyrighted material through such
networks.
But
most of the artists surveyed by the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life
Project said online file sharing did not concern them much.
Artists
were divided on the rewards of peer-to-peer networks, with 47 percent saying
that they prevent artists from earning royalties(版税)for their work and another 43 percent saying
they helped promote and spread their material.
But
two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing caused little threat to them,
and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat
to creative industries. Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to
protect their creative works.
“What
we hear from a wide range of artists is that, despite the real challenges of
protecting work online, the Internet has opened new ways for them to exercise
their imaginations and sell their creations,” said report author Mary Madden, a
research specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
The
nonprofit group based its report on a survey of 809 self-identified artists in
December 2003.
