Legal principles

The main provisions relating to copyright law and neighbouring rights, collective management of these rights and the sanctions in the event of violation of such rights are contained – both in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein – in the relevant copyright law and the corresponding ordinance.

Related links:

Federal Copyright Law, FCL

 

 

Thomas Wiesel (comedian)

"SSA is indispensable to authors, not least because it recognises that our creative writing ability is inversely proportional to our ability to fill in administrative forms."

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