Media task. Research digital-only banking in Austria. Find out what percentage of bank customers use digital-only banking, which advantages it offers and which dangers it involves. Compare and discuss your findings in class. 28 Explore speaking: Copyright and piracy Topic area: Media Focus: Copyright and piracy Look at the images and the news headlines. What do you think they are about? Read the whole news items. Which would you say is the most or least serious offence? 30 a b Group jailed for bogus software licences Of cials have arrested three women and two men, and have seized 50 computers in a crackdown on illegal software licenses. Illegal streaming to be punished with internet cancellation e government today proposed new laws to stop illegal streamers of lms and sport events. ose found streaming copyrighted material could have their internet connection cut o . Oil Company faces copyright charges A court in the US has found an oil company guilty of encouraging its employees to publish research articles from scientific journals on the company’s homepage without paying royalty fees. The oil giant may be liable to pay damages to the owners of the material for breaching copyright. A B C Explore writing 1: A report about online banking You want to apply for an internship at an international bank. As part of the online application process, candidates are required to write a report on a new trend in banking in a European country. You decide to write about the development of digital-only banking in the UK. Use the information from the article on p. 70 and the bar chart on the right to write your report. You should: ■■ outline the general trends ■■ detail the demographic differences ■■ give explanations for the changes Write around 250 words. 1 Writing guide: Report, p. 204. Main reasons why people are opening digital only bank accounts in Great Britain in 2020 Doing banking online is more convenient Source finder.com © Statista 2020 Additional information: United Kingdom (Great Britain); finder.com; OnePoll; January 10 to January 15, 2020 50% 40% 41% 39% 28% 30% 20% 10% 0% Digital banks offer better rates The free transactions abroad 29 71 Language skills Extras Explore 5 It’s an online world Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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