Problem: CHAPTER FIFTEEN

A TELEGRAM

"November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.

"That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.

"If something very pleasant should happen now, we should think it a delightful month," said Beth, who took a hopeful view of everything, even November.

"I dare say, but nothing pleasant ever does happen in this family," said Meg, who was out of sorts. "We go grubbing along day after day, without a bit of change, and very little fun. We might as well be in a treadmill."

"My patience, how blue we are!" cried Jo. "I don't much wonder, poor dear, for you see other girls having splendid times, while you grind, grind, year in and year out. Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough already, so I'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly. Then you'd dash out as an heiress, scorn everyone who has slighted you, go abroad, and come home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor and elegance."

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world," said Meg bitterly.

"Jo and I are going to make fortunes for you all. Just wait ten years, and see if we don't," said Amy, who sat in a corner making mud pies, as Hannah called her little clay models of birds, fruit, and faces.
1. who hat a blot on her nose?
2. what month is it?
3. who was born in that month?
4. who was making pies?
5. what did she say she was going to make?
6. with who?
7. who had a hopeful view of everything?
8. did Meg think that pleasant things always happen to the family?
9. what did she say they might as well be in?
10. who did she think has to work?
11. what did she think women should do?
12. do people have fortunes left to them anymore?
13. who wanted a fortune left to her friends?
14. where was Margaret standing?
15. what was she looking at?
Answer: 1. Jo
2. November
3. Jo
4. Amy
5. fortunes
6. Jo
7. Beth
8. no
9. a treadmill
10. men
11. marry for money
12. No
13. unknown
14. at the window
15. the frostbitten garden

Q: Copyright infringement is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works. The copyright holder is typically the work's creator, or a publisher or other business to whom copyright has been assigned. Copyright holders routinely invoke legal and technological measures to prevent and penalize copyright infringement.

Copyright infringement disputes are usually resolved through direct negotiation, a notice and take down process, or litigation in civil court. Egregious or large-scale commercial infringement, especially when it involves counterfeiting, is sometimes prosecuted via the criminal justice system. Shifting public expectations, advances in digital technology, and the increasing reach of the Internet have led to such widespread, anonymous infringement that copyright-dependent industries now focus less on pursuing individuals who seek and share copyright-protected content online, and more on expanding copyright law to recognize and penalize as "indirect" infringers the service providers and software distributors which are said to facilitate and encourage individual acts of infringement by others.

Answer the following questions:
1. who normally holds a copyright?
2. who else can hold one?
3. if you use a protected work without permission, what is it known as?
4. how are disputes usually resolved with respect to copyright infringement?
5. who has the right to reproduce work?
6. what measures do they take to prevent infringement of their work?
7. what happens to people who infringe in a big way?
8. has advanced technology made infringement more widespread?
9. do copyright industries focus more on individuals or more or indirect infringers?
10. are copyright cases sometimes litigated in civil court?
A: 1. the work's creator
2. a publisher
3. Copyright infringement
4. direct negotiation
5. copyright holder
6. invoke legal and technological measures
7. prosecuted via the criminal justice system
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes

Problem: The last few days before Christmas passed quickly and it was soon Christmas Eve. That night when everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn't sleep. He still couldn't think of what he wanted his special Christmas gift to be. He wondered how Santa Claus would know what to bring him if he didn't know himself. As he was sitting up in bed , Bunny heard a big noise on the roof and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and raced down the hall to the stairs hoping to have a look at the old man with his own eyes. By the time Bunny reached the bottom of the stairs, though, everything was again silent .Beautiful gifts were piled under the Christmas tree, but Santa Claus was gone. He looked for him for a few minutes, but it was already too late. Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry. "Hello," said Bunny. "Is somebody there?" He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of gifts to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. Bunny might have mistaken it for a dog, if it hadn't been for the antlers on its head. "Are you a reindeer?" asked Bunny. "Yes," replied the animal, "my name is Ralph." "And you were pulling Santa's sled ?" "I was until I got air-sick," replied Ralph," I'm afraid I wasn't _ the job. Now I'm stuck here and I don't know how to get back to the North Pole." "Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend," said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the gift he wanted from Santa Claus was a new friend!
1. What day is it?
2. Who could not get to sleep?
3. Did he believe in Santa?
4. Did he know what present he desired?
5. Was he lying in bed?
6. What did he hear?
7. Who was it?
8. Did he stay in bed?
9. Did he meet Santa?
10. How long did Bunny look for Santa?
11. Did he return to his bedroom?
12. Why not?
13. What was under the tree?
14. What was he called?
15. What was his job?
16. Does he still do that?
17. Why not?
18. Did Santa abandon him?
19. Where did he want to return?
20. What did Bunny suggest?
Answer:
1. Christmas Eve
2. Bunny
3. yes
4. no
5. no
6. noises on the roof and downstairs
7. Santa Claus
8. no
9. no
10. a few minutes
11. no
12. he heard a cry
13. a reindeer
14. Ralph
15. pulling Santa's sled
16. no
17. he got air-sick
18. yes
19. the North Pole
20. stay with him