No law is being broken by downloading/consuming what's commonly referred to as "pirated content" here in Switzerland. Downloading music, TV shows, movies and eb

No law is being broken by downloading/consuming what's commonly referred to as "pirated content" here in Switzerland. Downloading music, TV shows, movies and ebooks is legal for private use. Companies which import storage media (e.g. DVDs) pay levies which are meant to be paid out to the rights holders. These rights can be asserted through collecting societies, e.g. Suissimage for filmmakers. https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/1798_1798_1798/en#art_20 https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/1798_1798_1798/en#ar... Interestingly the article right after that one is about the "decoding of computer programs" and says: Any person who has the right to use a computer program may obtain, either personally or through a third party, necessary information on the interfaces by decoding the program code using independently developed programs.