Art. 12 CopA from 2022

Art. 12 Relationship between Authorship and Ownership of Copies of the Work 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.
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.
(1) Inserted by Art. 36 No 3 of the Film Act of 14 Dec. 2001 (AS 2002 1904; BBl 2000 5429). Amended by No II of the FA of 20 June 2003, in force since 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 1385; BBl 2002 2022 5506).Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.