Jusletter IT

BGer – The distribution of radio and television programs in hotel rooms and other hospitability companies is subject to copyright obligations. The respective joint tariff «3a addition» of the copyright collecting societies is not to be applied retroactively onto 1 January 2013, but – for practical reasons – only from 8 July 2015 on. The Federal Supreme Court approves the claims of GastroSuisse and hoteleriesuisse. (Judgement 2C_685/2016, 2C_806/2016) (ah)