The first cease and desist letter has already been signed: How the Jewish Forum in Berlin announced, has removed the center for Political beauty photos of the club from the Homepage. In addition, in particular Philipp Ruch for the group of artists have signed a Declaration to cease and desist and for the unlawful use of the images of the Jewish forum, sorry.
the Background of the Website is “Soko Chemnitz”, which had enabled the artists ‘ collective on Monday. It calls in a “catalogue of the ethos of the sick,” with photos and posters to identify Nazis. Also rewards for the detection to be offered. These posters hung in the artist group ZPS into the specially on Monday in the centre of Chemnitz opened a “research office of the East”. The and the home the police called immediately.
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officials had removed in the afternoon of the Poster with appropriate pictures and posters, and ensured. The reason given was that on social networks, to property damage to the office called. “In the sense of the risk defense,” it was decided for this approach.
in Addition, would be considered a criminal relevance of the content and images, because the “depicted persons to the Poker publication of her photograph had granted probably not consent,” reads part of the police. It is a matter of insult and infringement of the artistic copyright act. According to the officials “have been reimbursed to nine criminal charges”.
The centre for Political beauty is informed that the police let the locks of the rented property in Chemnitz have to replace and the refuse to use the keys yet. On demand from SPIEGEL ONLINE, the police confirmed that the castle had been exchanged, it was but a normal process that happens in the case of any emergency door opening. The police was also not in possession of the key, but got this handed over to the landlord.
The Saxon state government is, meanwhile, with a warning against the collective of artists around the philosophers and activists of the Ruch. In doing so, the use of the logo of the Saxon site campaign “So goes the Saxon” on the ZPS website. Everything else will now be reviewed by the lawyers, said government spokesman Ralph Schreiber.
criticism of the action came from the managing Director of the German cultural Council, Olaf Zimmermann. “It doesn’t matter whether the stocks real or Fake, and certainly does not justify the aim of this medium,” he said. In addition, he found the art of action is problematic. You don’t bear to educate, but only the division of society bar feed.
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editor’s note. d. editor: The Text has been updated with the Statement from the police in Chemnitz, as well as the managing Director of the German cultural Council added.
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