In Switzerland, as elsewhere throughout the world, copyright law prohibits the unauthorised copying of any earlier work, whether it be purely aesthetic or otherwise, as long as such earlier work is considered as original.
With the notable exception of the United States and China, copyright protection arises automatically when an original work is created, as such, without the necessity to file a formal application for protection of the work in question.
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