OG11-43 提问

43   Which of the following best completes the passage below?

The computer industry's estimate that it loses millions of dollars when users illegally copy programs without paying for them is greatly exaggerated. Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs. Thus, the loss to the industry is quite small, because 

(A)          many users who illegally copy programs never find any use for them

(B)          most people who illegally copy programs would not purchase them even if purchasing them were the only way to obtain them

(C)         even if the computer industry received all the revenue it claims to be losing, it would still be experiencing financial difficulties

(D)         the total market value of all illegal copies is low in comparison to the total revenue of the computer industry

(E)          the number of programs that are frequently copied illegally is low in comparison to the number of programs available for sale

答案是B , 可是我觉得D 是对的, 充分解释了
        为什么说loss 是quite small . 答案B 的理由在哪里?

B is just the repeatition of the original argument that "Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs".  Hence it is correct.

D actually strengthens the argument, since it indicates that the potential loss is huge when people only buy the illegal copies. 

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了解B正确的原因，但对D很困惑，OG11的解释：This comparison is faulty: the loss is not being considered in the context of total industry revenues but in the context of total sales of programs.
                

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总体的盗版市值vs整体的公司收入

收入由很多种

如果要说损失很少的话，则应该看该卖出去的少卖了多少。

收入再大，如果比原本的收入要少一大块，则对于公司来说还是一个巨大的损失。

D: the total market value of all illegal copies is low in comparison to the total revenue of the computer industry

什么意思呢， 就是说整个的盗版市场的市场价格都比不上电脑公司的利润

这里面有两个问题， 1。 即使这个市场价格不高， 也很难推出损失 quite small

                                 2。 更重要的是， 盗版市场价格不高， 那是因为盗版便宜。 比如1千张盗版CD 3千RMB， 很低， 但是公司如果卖出这一千张。 20RMB一张的话， 那就是两万。  market value of illegal copies 不等于公司损失。

假设这些盗版都被卖成正版 （这个条件正是B所说的）

应该是 （market value of illegal copies）*K = 整个正版行业损失。

The computer industry's estimate that it loses millions of dollars when users illegally copy programs without paying for them is greatly exaggerated.损失￥￥￥是因为有盗版 Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs.  大多数盗版不全是为了自己用（不是enduser，有人是为了做生意，倒买倒卖，牟取利润） Thus, the loss to the industry is quite small, because 

(B)          most people who illegally copy programs would not purchase them even if purchasing them were the only way to obtain them 要是不为了盗版能挣钱，就不盗版了，谁还买？买了再卖怎莫能挣钱？

也就是说在不考虑来源的情况下：盗版的数量  〉 用户的数量

还是不懂，一塌糊涂