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Source: PP2

As an example of the devastation wrought on music publishers by the photocopier, one executive noted that for a recent choral festival with 1,200 singers, the festival's organizing committee purchased only 12 copies of the music published by her company that was performed as part of the festival.

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Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the support the example lends to the executive's contention that music publishers have been devastated by the photocopier?

  • A Only a third of the 1,200 singers were involved in performing the music published by the executive's company.
  • B Half of the singers at the festival had already heard the music they were to perform before they began to practice for the festival.
  • C Because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival.
  • D Each copy of music that was performed at the festival was shared by two singers.
  • E As a result of publicity generated by its performance at the festival, the type of music performed at the festival became more widely known.

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