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Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights
(Copyright Act, CopA)

of 9 October 1992 (Status as of 1 July 2023)

Art. 12 Principle of exhaustion

1 Where the au­thor has trans­ferred the rights to a copy of a work or has con­sen­ted to such a trans­fer, these rights may sub­sequently be fur­ther trans­ferred or the copy oth­er­wise dis­trib­uted.

1bis Cop­ies of au­dio-visu­al works may not be fur­ther trans­ferred or ren­ted as long as the au­thor is thereby im­paired in ex­er­cising his right of per­form­ance (Art. 10 para. 2 let. c).7

2 Where the au­thor has trans­ferred the rights to a com­puter pro­gram or has con­sen­ted to such trans­fer, such a pro­gram may sub­sequently be used or fur­ther trans­ferred.

3 Works of ar­chi­tec­ture that have been con­struc­ted may be altered by the own­er; Art­icle 11 para­graph 2 re­mains re­served.

7 In­ser­ted by Art. 36 No 3 of the Film Act of 14 Dec. 2001 (AS 20021904;BBl20005429). Amended by No II of the FA of 20 June 2003, in force since 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 1385; BBl 2002 20225506).