Key legal question
Whether the defendants' decoder-sharing scheme satisfied Art. 5(c) UWG and therefore Art. 23 UWG criminal liability.
Extracted holding
No. The broadcasts were not reproduced by a technical process of reproduction; the system merely decrypted access codes and bypassed protection measures. The record also lacked findings on amortization and the necessary sacrifice.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 5(c) UWG must be interpreted narrowly in criminal matters. It requires a materialized product or result, reproduction by technical means, and exploitation without corresponding sacrifice. Here, the defendants did not re-broadcast or reproduce the protected system; they only enabled decryption through internet-linked cards. The cantonal findings were insufficient on amortization and costs.