Switzerland finally has a new copyright law!
On 27 September 2019, both the National Council and the Council of States at last held a final vote approving …
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Adapting federal copyright law to digital usage
On 26 March 2019, after months of protest on the streets and in the Internet community, the European Parliament approved …
Copyright law revision: compromise is the key to success – no exceptions for hotel rooms
The revision of the existing Copyright Act is entering the decisive phase this year. After seven years’ preparatory work, parliamentary …
No adequate share for audiovisual artists regarding video on demand and streaming success
Film director Ursula Meier is speeding from one success to the next, both in Switzerland as well as abroad. She …
Copyright law revision: work starts in the parliamentary committees
On 22 November 2017, the Federal Council presented its Message on the revision of the Federal Copyright Act (FCA), and …
SUISA’s financial year 2018: an outlook
In the Committee and Board meetings towards the end of the year, framework conditions for the following financial year are …
Copyright Act Review: Authors and publishers must benefit more from the online exploitation of their works
Last week, the Federal Council has adopted a dispatch on the new Copyright Act. SUISA is in principle content with …
To be continued: Our success story, spanning more than 90 years
The General Assembly of our Cooperative Society will take place on Friday, 23 June 2017, in Zurich. Members will have …
Swiss Copyright Review: SUISA in charge of a working group
Given the diverging reactions to the preliminary draft for the copyright law review, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga consulted the AGUR12 …
The fight for the copyright review gets tougher
Dear members, the Swiss Federal Council launched the consultation for a draft to review copyright in December 2015. The draft …
Second attempt to review the Swiss Copyright Act
The preliminary draft by the Swiss Federal Council for a review of the Swiss Copyright Act was not able to …
Copyright: Quo vadis?
In December 2015, the Federal Council presented the draft for the review of the Swiss Copyright Act. At the same …
SUISA is working cost-consciously
Last year, SUISA and the other Swiss collective management organisations (CMOs) have invested time and money into a cost analysis …
Cost analysis for collective management organisations
A cost analysis has been carried out among the collective management organisations on behalf of the IPI. The figures reflect …
Das Urheberrecht: ein Hindernis für die Informationsgesellschaft?
Vincent Salvadé, stellvertretender Generaldirektor der SUISA, hat im Schulthess-Verlag ein Buch veröffentlicht. Es trägt den Titel «Droit d’auteur et technologies …
Third party content on your own website must be paid for pursuant to Swiss legislation
If you operate a website, you cannot dispose of the copyright of third party contents without authorisation. If you use …