Especially the reminder of how people think differently.
I myself tend to think in systems and abstractions. Although I very much believe in finding concrete examples and cases that underline the research question.

And will look in to that MA thesis

I think to discuss copyright you really need to include something about the history of copyright. You could look at Pål Dimmen’s MA thesis, which has a chapter or two about that – this would give you an idea of the sort of level you’d want to work at if it was a whole MA thesis (which it is NOT) and you can see the way he works and what kinds of references he uses – and also how he chose research questions. The thesis is not for loan, but you can read it IN the UiB library. Pål Dimmen: Datamaskinell piratvirksomhet : fra Altair Basic til Kazaa, 2003. I don’t remember the exact grade Pål was given, but it was very good, an A or a B I think.

You say at one point “I feel like a robot assembling data to tell a story I am not sure I find so interesting.” That’s a good warning sign to NOT go down that path! Figure out which bits you DO find interesting and try to focus in on them.

You don’t want to write about potential systems of copyright that might be fairer than the current one – at least that’s how I read you?

You’re interested in creativity? The philosophical aspects of the public?

Would you be interested in particular examples or more in the sort of abstract nature of it all? Different people think in different ways – I think very much in examples and analogies, whereas other people think much more in terms of systems or structures, or on a theoretical level. Do you know which way YOU work best?

Another issue is what you want to do with your degree later. Perhaps you want to advise clients on ways to work within various kinds of licensing/copyright? Perhaps you want to change the world and improve the copyright system? I don’t know – but think about the kind of knowledge you’d like to have about copyright when you finish this project and see if that can help to guide you.

Also, remember that the research question WILL become clearer as you work. You still haven’t read that much about the topic, we’re only a few weeks into the semester. And so you can leave it somewhat open for now and trust that it will get clearer as you keep working.

Does this help at all?