[单项选择]Over lunch, a writer outlined a new book idea to his editor. It was to be a niche concern but promised much. The writer left the restaurant with a glow and decided to get an outline over soon. But days and weeks of being too busy turned to months and then, eventually, came the shocking discovery that his editor has been rather elusive of late for a reason: he has been busy crafting a book based on the writer’s idea, and it was now in the shops. An apocryphal tale, maybe, but it will send shivers down any writer’s spine. What’s more, if the writer were to turn to the law in such a dread scenario, the law would be of no use to him at all.
Phil Sherrell, a media lawyer with Eversheds, explains: "Intellectual property law protects the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves." Sherrell agrees that "the distinction is not always satisfactory," but says that there needs to be a limit to the protection conferred on creativity by the law. "To extend the ambit of copyright protection
A. shows the difficulties of turning an idea into a book
B. described how the writer entertained the editor to get the book published
C. demonstrated how the editor betrayed the promise he had given
D. indicates the tricky issue of the protection of intellectual property