Almost everyone knows it. The “JE SUIS CHARLIE” image. These three words of solidarity “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) are going around the world.

An article from a satirical magazine, of all things, gave us food for thought as to whether the million-fold use of the graphic “Je suis Charlie” did not constitute a copyright infringement that could be punished.

We clarify!

This was created by the graphic designer and art director as well as music journalist from the magazine “ Stylist ” Joachim Roncin .

Roncin found out about the attack during an editorial meeting and, as a prompt reaction, he posted this picture on Twitter a few minutes later. The reason was that he simply couldn't find the words to explain what happened here. Hence the logo:

Source: https://twitter.com/joachimroncin/status/552794930725539840/photo/1

This image and the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie used by people all over the world. Be it as a profile picture on Facebook

or like the baker Pascal Clement from Switzerland.

Image: SN/AP

Millions of copyright infringements: Charlie Hebdo sends warnings because of “Je suis Charlie” picture

This statement has been reaching us for 2 days and many users are asking us whether this is true.

The trigger for these requests can be found here:

Source: http://eine-zeitung.net/millionenfach-urheberrechtsreinigung-charlie-hebdo-verschickt-abmahnungen-wegen-je-suis-charlie-bildes/

Here it says (excerpt)

Millions of copyright infringements: Charlie Hebdo sends warnings because of “Je suis Charlie” picture

After the attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, millions of people around the world shared an image created by the magazine with the slogan "Je suis Charlie" - mostly without permission. “A number of people even printed out the work and made it publicly available,” says the magazine’s lawyer.

A large Paris law firm has now been commissioned to investigate the multiple copyright violations and to issue warnings to users of the image. “A huge task; according to initial information, the work was used illegally in almost all European countries. There are also people from North America, large parts of the Middle East and Asia,” said a lawyer at the firm. “A lot of things come together. And a lot of work ahead of us.” The image was very frequently used as a profile picture, shared on social networks or printed out.

The image - a black area with the words "Je suis Charlie" (French, "I am Charlie") written in white letters - was posted on its website shortly after last Wednesday's attacks by an employee of the magazine that was attacked. According to the firm, it was not intended for general use, “and certainly not to be randomly downloaded and wildly shared.”

Here it says, among other things

According to the firm, it was not intended for general use, “and certainly not to be randomly downloaded and wildly shared.

This is a FALSE REPORT.

This from two points of view.

1) The article listed is SATIRE .

You can tell if you look at the page title: A NEWSPAPER - IN SATIRA VERITAS

2) The author, Joachim Roncin himself, made the logo available for download on his Twitter account, thus promoting public distribution and general use.

Reference: https://twitter.com/joachimroncin/status/553110934777233409