Magazine publishers claim that illegal photocopying of articles from their magazines costs them vast amounts of revenue every year. But most people who photocopy magazine articles are teachers using them in class. Given the economics of education, these teachers could not procure an original copy of the magazine for each student.

Which of the following is most propably the point towards which the author of the above passage is moving?

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Magazine publishers should provide free copies of their magazines to schools.

Preventing illegal photocopying would have no effect on magazine sales.

Teachers should be prevented from photocopying magazine articles for their students.

Eliminating illegal photocopying would prevent the magazine's publishers' loss of revenue.

Illegal photocopying does not depress magazine sales as significantly as publishers believe.

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What this question tests

Whether you can identify the argument's main conclusion as opposed to a supporting premise.

Selecting a restatement of a premise or a side point instead of the central conclusion.