Databases

Data or other information is collected in databases, then methodically or systematically organised and made available through electronic devices. In Swiss copyright law, databases fall under the category of collected works. As specified in Art. 4 para. 1 CopA, they...

Required consent

Pursuant to Art. 4 para. 2 CopA, works included in a collected work may be protected individually. Thus, if individual works from the collection fall under the protection of the Copyright Act, they do not lose this when they are compiled into a collection. People...

Required consent

Pursuant to Art. 3 para. 4 CopA, the protection of the works used in the derivative work remains reserved. If the original work enjoys copyright protection, it does not lose this when a derivative work is created from it. This means that the consent of the author...

2.2.8-2 May I embed a third-party YouTube video in my own website or in a social network so that a “framing” link is placed (i.e. which not only results in a reference to the YouTube page but also causes the video to appear as a whole)?

Whether you can use someone else’s YouTube video depends on the licensing terms set by the copyright holder, usually outlined in YouTube Terms of Service. In general, you can reproduce, distribute, modify, and display videos using the provided options. However,...