Eksempelbesvarelse

Her finder du Studienets eksempelbesvarelse af eksamen december 2012 for Engelsk B på STX, delprøve A: "Copyright violation and illegal downloading". 

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1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3.

Texts 1 and 3 represent two opposing attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading. In text 1, “It’s Evolution, Stupid”, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, displays his growing dissatisfaction with current legislation. He claims that copyright protection is old-fashioned and seeks to convince the reader that he has been unjustly convicted for having given people the…

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2. Compare the writing styles, e.g. language and tone, in texts 2 and 3. Illustrate your answer with examples from the texts. 

The writing styles in texts 2 and 3 differ slightly as their purposes and target audiences are different. By using everyday words and simple syntax, the comments on Peter Sunde’s article in text 2 all achieve a very informal tone. Although the tone in text 3, “You like my poems? So pay for them”, by Wendy Cope is also rather informal, her choice of words vary much more. S…

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3. Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss whether copyright of music, texts and films can and should be protected. 

In text 1, “It’s Evolution, Stupid”, Peter Sunde puts forward the opinion that current copyright law is outdated and that the music and film industry should basically stop whining. He thus portrays the industry as the bad guys since they are doing what they can to prevent people from sharing their products online. Although it would certainly be nice if everything in…