Background:
Peter attends a concert of his favorite musician Mike Rock, who performs the self-composed song
“Sunshine” on stage. Peter films this performance with his smartphone to have a personal memory of the concert.
The audio-video file is saved directly to the hard drive of his smartphone.
Peter is also a member of a chat group on the messenger service LinguaXL. In this chat group, his extended circle
of friends and acquaintances exchange information about “this and that”. Since several members have
administration rights and thus the authority to add new friends, the group is constantly growing. Now there are
already 45 people, not all of whom Peter knows personally, but who have been added to the group as “friends of
his friends” over the past few months.
After the concert, Peter is still so enthusiastic about his experience, that he joyfully posts his video of the song
“Sunshine” to the group chat. By sharing in the group, on the one hand, the file is stored on the hard disks of all
group members’ end devices; on the other hand, the file is also permanently available in the group chat, so
members can view and re-download the video again at any time, even if they deleted it from their hard drive.
Task:
Are there copyright infringements on Peter’s part? Under which conditions is a work protected by copyright
created by another? Who owns copyright and how does copyright benefit creators, copyrights holder(s),
consumers, society, economy and culture as a whole?
Structure:
− Introduction (case context and explanation)
− Main part (presentation, editing and solution of the case)
− Conclusion (discussion and further transfers)
Components of the Case Study:
− Title page
− Table of contents
− List of figures and/or tables (if necessary)
− List of abbreviations (if necessary)
− Text part with introduction, main part, conclusion
− Bibliography
− List of appendices (if necessary)
− Appendices and materials (if necessary)
Important:
-In-Text Citations !!!
-Critically discussing and analyzing the issues(This involves evaluating different viewpoints, examining the implications, and presenting a well-rounded argument. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of various perspectives and provide a nuanced discussion)!!!
-A maximum of three levels (1. Main heading, 1.1 Section, 1.1.1 Subheading)
