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Read the facts then answer the following questions. Questions Advise Robert and explain if: a) Robert has any claim in intellectual property including copyright over

Read the facts then answer the following questions. Questions Advise Robert and explain if:

a) Robert has any claim in intellectual property including copyright over his song?

b) Robert a leasehold interest?

c) Has to vacate the caravan park in seven days or whether he has some statutory protection as to his residential tenancy at the caravan park?

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Robert has been living in a caravan at Downsville for last three years paying a licence fee of $100 per week to Peter the caravan park owner. Robert is a country musician a bit down on his luck. His stage name is Lucky Swan. He performs in an old St George jersey and socks and Sydney Swans tight shorts, smoking and drinking rum and coca cola. One day Robert is singing an original composition "Norm the Man" which he has never performed in public, recorded or written down and is recorded doing so by Peter the caravan park owner. Peter gives the recording to Proxy Records Limited who wrote the music and words down for the first time. They have Dirty Dan an old heavy metal artist on their books record the song as a gimmick and release the recording as a vinyl record. The song is an overnight hit selling over 100,000 copies at $22 per record. Peter is paid $1 per record according to his written contract with Proxy Records Limited. Robert is devastated. If matters could not be worse for Robert, Peter gives him a written notice to vacate the caravan park in seven days

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