Unit 16
Intellectual Property
Rights Trouble
職場攻略/辦公日常
Workplace English/Workplace Communication
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
What do you think are the consequences of not respecting the Intellectual Property Rights of others?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. legal counsel (phr.) 律師樓、法律顧問
Before taking actions, seek legal counsel first.
在採取行動之前，請先諮詢法律顧問。
2. stock image (phr.) 圖庫圖片
You can get a stock image at google for free.
您可以免費在Google獲得股票圖片。
3. damages (n.) 損失、賠償
How would you pay for the damage you caused?
您將如何賠償造成的損失？
4. in excess of (phr.) 多於
They are requesting damages in excess of $12,000.
他們要求賠償超過12,000美元。
5. in question (idi.) 在議的
The person in question, is absent.
有異議的人沒出席。
6. ludicrous (adj.) 荒謬
Stop making ludicrous decisions!
停止做出可笑的決定！
7. crunch (v.) 關鍵
Can you crunch the numbers and give it to me?
你能把數字整理一下給我嗎？
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Elijah, could I speak to you.
Elijah，我想跟你說點事。
Sure.
好的。
I received a letter today from the legal counsel of a stock image site detailing how one of our sites illegally used their stock images. They are requesting damages in excess of $12,000. The site in question was the one you designed last month, Elijah.
我今天從法律顧問那裡收到了一封信，是關於一個圖庫網站詳細說明我們的一個站點非法使用了他們的圖片。他們正在要求超過12000美元的損失費。這個站點是你上個月設計的，Elijah。
That’s completely ludicrous. I admit that I used some stock images for the project when I was under a deadline crunch, but it was my understanding that they were royalty-free. I’ve used their images plenty of times for personal projects and have never had an issue. This makes no sense.
這太荒唐了。我承認在快到最後期限的時候我為這個項目用了幾張圖庫的圖片，但是我覺得它們是不收版權費的。我為自己的個人項目用了好幾次他們的圖片都沒事。這沒道理啊。
Apparently the images are in fact royalty-free, but that does not apply to commercial use. And the project you were designing was, of course, a commercial project.
顯然，那些圖片是不收版權費的，但是並不包括商業用途。當然了，你正在設計的那些項目就是商業項目。
Oh god, I’m so sorry. This is entirely my fault. I should’ve known better that commercial projects function differently in the legal realm in regards to intellectual property rights. I take full responsibility for this oversight.
哦天，我很抱歉。這都是我的錯。我早該知道在版權的法律領域裡面對商業用途的判定是不同的。對這個疏忽我負全責。
Ok. I am going to write an official warning letter to you regarding this mess up. This is really unacceptable Elijah – if this happens again, we will have to let you go. Are you completely clear about this?
好的。我要就這個爛攤子寫一封正式的警告信。這真的不能接受 Elijah——如果再發生一次我們就要讓你離開。你明白了嗎？
Crystal clear. I will make sure this never happens again.
完全明白。我會確保以後不再發生。
Good, because our company can’t take unnecessary hits like this all the time. Please work with your team head to ensure that the budget is allocated such that you can purchase images to circumvent situations like this entirely. Either that or use images that are under creative commons license.
好，因為我們公司不能一直經受這些不必要的損失。請跟你的團隊領導談談預算撥款來購買圖片版權以完全避免這種情況。要麼就那樣要麼使用知識共享許可的圖片。
Understood. I will start working with my team head on our project budget guidelines right now.
明白。我會馬上開始和我的團隊領導談談項目預算的指導方針。
Grammar
Using peoples’ names when talking to them
When talking directly to someone, normally one simply uses the word “you” to address them. However, using their name to address them as well can have a number of different connotations. In friendly contexts, occasionally using someone‘s name to address them can infer a greater sense of intimacy and closeness. In contexts such as this dialogue, using someone’s name is a way to sound stricter and more stern. As you will see, the boss in this lesson uses Elijah‘s name many times when reprimanding him. By doing this, his statements have a stronger impact than simply saying “you”.
1. This is super fun Stephanie! Thank you so much for inviting me out to go paint balling. It’s a blast.
2. You need to understand, Eva, that this sort of behavior is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
3. Why did you do that Evan?! You completely screwed our team over and now we’re definitely going to be disqualified.
4. _____________________________________________________________________.
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.Why do you think is it important to respect Intellectual Property?
