Comment by delroth
9 months ago
This is a common misconception: there are some exceptions for certain types of media, but for example downloading copyrighted software (including games) without authorization is not legal in Switzerland. And some of those exceptions are more constrained than others.
Can you point to any official document which states it is illegal? Or any document which mentions any exceptions?
Art. 19, Paragraph 4 of the Copyright Act (CopA [1]).
The article lists the "Published works [that] may be used for private use" and that paragraph closes it with:
> This Article does not apply to computer programs.
[1] https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/1798_1798_1798/en#ar...