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Art. 45 Bundesgesetz vom 9. Oktober 1992 über das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (URG) - Grundsätze der Geschäftsführung
URG; 4. Titel: Verwertungsgesellschaften; 3. Kapitel: Pflichten der Verwertungsgesellschaften
Art. 45 URG · Grundsätze der Geschäftsführung
Die Verwertungsgesellschaften müssen ihre Geschäfte nach den Grundsätzen einer geordneten und wirtschaftlichen Verwaltung führen.
Sie müssen die Verwertung nach festen Regeln und nach dem Gebot der Gleichbehandlung besorgen.
Sie dürfen keinen eigenen Gewinn anstreben.
Sie schliessen nach Möglichkeit mit ausländischen Verwertungsgesellschaften Gegenseitigkeitsverträge ab.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (7)
B-677/2022 (Art. 45 al. 1 LDA)
Music Rights Society's Data Use and Unfair Competition Ruling
Cited as the basis for the violation found in point 1 of the dispositive regarding the misleading conduct towards users.
B-5220/2014 (Art. 45 Abs. 1 URG)
Copyright Collective Society Ordered to Recover Pension Payments for Top Management
The court used this provision to establish that the complainant violated the principles of orderly and economical administration by using funds for personal benefits of management members instead of distributing them to rights holders.
B-8558/2010 (Art. 45 Abs. 2 URG)
Copyright Tariff for Circuses and Zoos Adjusted for Original Compositions
This provision was referenced in the context of equal treatment, specifically regarding the offer of supplementary contracts to composers.
B-3896/2011 (Art. 45 Abs. 2 URG)
Copyright Collecting Societies Barred from Charging for Hotel and Hospital Room Broadcasts
Cited to support the supervisory authority's power to examine whether collecting societies are acting according to established rules.
B-7467/2006 (Art. 45 Abs. 2 URG)
Copyright Collective's Royalty Distribution Rules Unlawful
Referred to in conjunction with Article 48(2) URG to emphasize that any deviation from fair distribution principles, even for cultural purposes, must not violate the principle of equal treatment.
AA040095 · zh (Art. 45 URG)
Television Companies v. Cable Company (Copyright Collective Rights Management)
Mentioned in the reasoning regarding the obligations of collecting societies.
HG230013 · zh (Art. 45 Abs. 2 URG)
Collecting Society v. Automotive Business (Unpaid Copyright Royalties)
Cited in the reasoning regarding the principle of equal treatment binding collecting societies to tariffs.