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（江苏科技大学大学英语Ⅳ）
II. Read the following text that about five people ’s feelings on the digitizing music. For questions1 -5, match the name of each person to one of the statements (A- G) given below.
Jimmie Moore:
Jimmie Moore is a singer, songwriter and poet from Houston, Texas. He calls himself “JMetro"
JMetro likes the opportunities new technologies give him and other artists. Although he believes intellectual property laws will protect his music, he says those technologies can also hurt artists.
“I saw that under the current system artists are not being fairly compensated. So, it makes it difficult to continue to be able to fund our creativity. But,ultimately, it is great to have the exposure.
Michelle Woods :
Michelle Woods directs the copyright division of the World Intellectual Property Organization. She says intonational copyright law agreements have been changed to deal with the digitization of music. She says singers and musicians should be able to earn money when their digitized songs and music are played.
Alexandre Lombard:
Alexandre Lombard listens to music online. He says young people do not want to pay to listen to digitized songs.
“We have the opportunity to access almost every piece of music that ever existed. For my generation, music has always been available for free. Some way or another you
could access free music on the Internet. ”
Chris Ancliff:
Chris Ancliff is a top international lawyer at Warner Music Group, one of the largest record companies in the world. He says experts have often predicted the music business would soon die, but it has always survived.
“The recording music business has invested something like $ 20 billion in new artists over the last five years alone. So, we still think of ourselves as being a strong and healthy business. Now clearly we are not as strong and as big as perhaps we were 10 years ago. The easy availability of free illegal music on the Internet has played a very big part in that..
Didier Awadi:
Didier Awadi is a rapper from Senegal. He says African governments must create legal systems that will protect artists. rights.
“And so, what we want to do is see to it that al1 of our countries we can strike deals that are fair, that are equitable. We . re connected to the world. Let us make sure that the legal framework is there so that we can lead a decent life from our creations, as. is the case elsewhere in the world.
Now match each name (1 -5) to the appropriate statements.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements：
l. Jimmie Moore [A ] Artists will earn more money in the future.
2. Michelle Woods [ B] The music business suffers a lot because of its the free illegal spreading way.
3. Alexandre Lombard [ C ] The intellectual property laws fail to fight for artists’ rights.
4. Chris Ancliff [ D ] The digitizing music do more good than bad.
5. Didier Awadi [ E ] The government should make laws protect artists ’rights.
[ F] It is OK that young people take free music for granted.
[ G ] The music business will die eventually.
Jimmie Moore:
Jimmie Moore is a singer, songwriter and poet from Houston, Texas. He calls himself “JMetro"
JMetro likes the opportunities new technologies give him and other artists. Although he believes intellectual property laws will protect his music, he says those technologies can also hurt artists.
“I saw that under the current system artists are not being fairly compensated. So, it makes it difficult to continue to be able to fund our creativity. But,ultimately, it is great to have the exposure.
Michelle Woods :
Michelle Woods directs the copyright division of the World Intellectual Property Organization. She says intonational copyright law agreements have been changed to deal with the digitization of music. She says singers and musicians should be able to earn money when their digitized songs and music are played.
Alexandre Lombard:
Alexandre Lombard listens to music online. He says young people do not want to pay to listen to digitized songs.
“We have the opportunity to access almost every piece of music that ever existed. For my generation, music has always been available for free. Some way or another you
could access free music on the Internet. ”
Chris Ancliff:
Chris Ancliff is a top international lawyer at Warner Music Group, one of the largest record companies in the world. He says experts have often predicted the music business would soon die, but it has always survived.
“The recording music business has invested something like $ 20 billion in new artists over the last five years alone. So, we still think of ourselves as being a strong and healthy business. Now clearly we are not as strong and as big as perhaps we were 10 years ago. The easy availability of free illegal music on the Internet has played a very big part in that..
Didier Awadi:
Didier Awadi is a rapper from Senegal. He says African governments must create legal systems that will protect artists. rights.
“And so, what we want to do is see to it that al1 of our countries we can strike deals that are fair, that are equitable. We . re connected to the world. Let us make sure that the legal framework is there so that we can lead a decent life from our creations, as. is the case elsewhere in the world.
Now match each name (1 -5) to the appropriate statements.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements：
l. Jimmie Moore [A ] Artists will earn more money in the future.
2. Michelle Woods [ B] The music business suffers a lot because of its the free illegal spreading way.
3. Alexandre Lombard [ C ] The intellectual property laws fail to fight for artists’ rights.
4. Chris Ancliff [ D ] The digitizing music do more good than bad.
5. Didier Awadi [ E ] The government should make laws protect artists ’rights.
[ F] It is OK that young people take free music for granted.
[ G ] The music business will die eventually.
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