Avi Is a Remarkably Creative Person

Multiple Choice

Avi is a remarkably creative person. He works in several different mediums, meaning that his creations take different forms: sometimes written, sometimes sung, sometimes sketched, and so on. Avi recently became party to a transaction that involved an advance of royalties. That most likely means that

A) Avi submitted a manuscript to a publishing company in the hope that that company would pay him for the work.
B) Avi has paid the government for the right to commercially exploit a work that he did not create.
C) Avi sued another person for the violation of an intellectual property right, and the parties settled their case out of court.
D) Avi received an interest- free sum of money.
E) the government has informed Avi that an intellectual property law will be changed as soon as the relevant statute receives assent from the Governor General, who will be acting as the Queen's representative.