by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 29, 2022 | To consider
When you are designing websites, it is really tempting just to take what you want in terms of image, sound material, etc. from the Internet. You should be careful as the Internet is not a legal vacuum. Just because photographs and music can be simply and easily found...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
If a portrait photograph is an intellectual creation i.e. was taken by a person (and not in an automatic photo booth) and has an individual character, i.e. the photographer has not simply snapped the person in the portrait in any particular way but rather with...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
It depends on how “important” the person is to the public: Yes, if the person in question is a “normal”, non-public person (e.g. a student, employee, etc.). In this case, it is illegal to take pictures of the person without their consent. The...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
No, unless the students give their consent to this.
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
Only under certain conditions. Pursuant to the law, every publication of photographs of people is unlawful (Art. 28 SCC, Art. 13 FADP), except when one of the following three exceptions exists: the photographed person has given their consent to the image;there is a...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | Good to know
The Federal Supreme Court had to judge the copyright character of portrait photographs in two cases. One had to do with a popular snapshot of Bob Marley with windswept dreadlocks that was taken by a Swiss photographer at an open-air concert (BGE 130 III 168). The...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | To consider
A photograph may involve several people who are protected by different legal rights. The person who took the photograph, who may not appear in it, holds the copyright in the photograph. At the same time, any person who is visible and recognisable in the photograph has...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | To consider
Often, several people are involved in the creation of audiovisual and multimedia works (director, screen writer, cameraman, film editor, sound engineer, producer, etc.). Unless otherwise contractually agreed between the participants, joint authorship usually exists...
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
Yes (cf. also Müller/Örtli-Cherpillod, URG, 2nd edition, 2012, Art. 2 N. 55).
by iv4n.p4v1c | Sep 23, 2022 | FAQ
Here it is important to make a distinction – the individual pieces of geographical data are not protected, even if they fall under the work category “works with scientific content” (Art. 2 para. 2 (d) CopA) at first glance. During the compilation of the geographical...
