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Friday, 1 February, 2013
How uploading from the web hurts Swiss culture
Many of you may know that in Switzerland, you don’t have to worry about downloading a copyrighted movie or song from the Internet because it’s all technically legal. But uploading artists’ work for your own profit and showing banner ads, for example, is not. That’s what a group of Swiss artists are saying in a campaign to raise awareness on how Internet piracy affects the Swiss cultural industry. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to one of the campaigners, the president of the Swiss Authors’ Association, filmmaker Denis Rabaglia:
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I like how Dave Goodman conducts the feature reports! As the elected/chosen question structure is really helpful!
G.M. Albuquerque, N.M.
It’s not ’technically legal’ it is legal. Every tape, CD, DVD, Hard Drive, iPod, iPad, iPhone etc. sold in Switzerland has a tax added to compensate copyright holders for the copying of their intellectual property. I’m not going to feel guilty about acquiring something that I have already paid for.
If they want to do away with the tax, fine. But until then stop seeking the best of both worlds.
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