Copyright Act (Switzerland)
| Basic data | |
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| Title: | Federal law on copyright and related rights |
| Short title: | Copyright Act |
| Abbreviation: | URG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Switzerland |
| Legal matter: | Intellectual property |
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Systematic legal collection (SR) : |
231.1 |
| Original version from: | October 9, 1992 |
| Entry into force on: | July 1, 1993 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Swiss Federal Law on Copyright and Related Rights , or Copyright Law for short , URG ( French Loi fédérale sur le droit d'auteur et les droits voisins (Loi sur le droit d'auteur, LDA) , Italian Legge federale sul diritto d'autore e sui diritti di protezione affini (Legge sul diritto d'autore, LDA) , Rhaeto-Romanic Lescha federala davart ils dretgs d'autur ed ils dretgs da protecziun parents (Lescha davart ils dretgs d'autur, LDAu) ), regulates the protection of authors who performing artists, the manufacturers of sound and audiovisual carriers and broadcasting companies as well as the federal supervision of collecting societies .
history
The law was passed on October 9, 1992 and came into force on July 1, 1993. At the same time, the Ordinance on Copyright and Related Rights (Copyright Ordinance , URV) issued by the Federal Council on April 26, 1993 came into force.
The Copyright Act of 1992 replaced the Federal Act of December 7, 1922 on Copyright in Works of Literature and Art and the Federal Act of September 25, 1940 on the Exploitation of Copyrights .
The first Swiss copyright law came from 1883. Previously, various cantons had resisted regulating intellectual property because the sale of unlicensed works was a profitable business.
On November 22, 2017 , the Federal Council proposed a revision of the law to parliament . The status of the deliberations in the National Council and Council of States on the law can be found in Parliament's Curia Vista business database under 17.069 Federal Council Business - Copyright Act. Change to be tracked.
See also
Web links
- Federal Chancellery : Federal Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Copyright Law, URG). SR 231.1. In: Systematic Legal Collection SR . Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation , October 9, 1992, accessed on March 26, 2019 (as of January 1, 2017).
- Anne-Marie Dubler: Intellectual property. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- 17,069 Federal Council business - Copyright Act. Change in Curia Vista of the Swiss Parliament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Institute for Intellectual Property: Copyright in the digital age . Undated.
- ^ Federal Council: Press release on the revision of the URG. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .