In Switzerland we pay a premium on every bit of storage sold (devices, disks etc.) and have the right to make a private copy. So you are allowed to copy any med

In Switzerland we pay a premium on every bit of storage sold (devices, disks etc.) and have the right to make a private copy. So you are allowed to copy any media you bought or rented. This law also makes it legal to download any media from the internet. But you aren't allowed to distribute it so torrents and upload the media, but you are allowed to give a copy to friends and family. While it has its problems like why do I pay this on a HDD, SSD, computer or smartphone that I exclusively use for work? It definitely has its upsides as in making a backup copy of your media and circumventing copy protection isn't in some legal gray area or straight up illegal. Edit: There are attempts to make this law more restrictive and they succeeded in offering products to circumvent copy protection illegal. But you are allowed to use them to exercise the rights above.