Who owns information (2) ?


In each of the questions below, choose the best answer. For each answer, note one or two lines of reasoning that leads you to that conclusion.

1. Who owns news ?

  1. no one
  2. the person who made it
  3. the person who wrote it up
  4. the organization that publishes it
  5. the people who listen to it

reasoning:

2. Who owns the superbowl score ?

  1. no one
  2. the New England Patriots
  3. the National Football League
  4. The Fox Broadcasting Network
  5. the people who watched the game

reasoning:

3. Who owns TV broadcast signals ?

  1. no one
  2. the actors in the program
  3. the producer of the program
  4. the network that broadcasts it
  5. the people who taped the program at home

reasoning:

4. Who owns the music on a CD ?

  1. no one
  2. the person who wrote the music
  3. the person who performs the music
  4. the company that printed the CD
  5. the person who bought the CD

reasoning: