Solidaires Informatique

A few days ago, a new trial took place concerning the Quantic Dream case.
This time, the management of the company accuses one of its ex-employees of data theft, receiving stolen goods, data destruction, etc. Not surprisingly, the company is targeting the employee who denounced the existence of racist / Nazi / sexist / homophobic / etc. photomontages and who was pushed out.
This was once again an opportunity for the management to make a fool of themselves by a flood of approximations and ridiculous statements.

Among them, the company asserts that the employee ran away with IAM, « proprietary software developed by the company QUANTIC DREAM » which « is the cornerstone of their technology » and is worth several million euros!
The review reveals it is a directory of PowerPoint documentations unrelated to Quantic Dream.

Another file is described as the « central platform for all the company’s technology ».  David de Gruttola says it is « the heart of the company’s know-how », an « important competitive element between studios worldwide ».
The review reveals it is a simple script of a few lines which launches other programms.

The company could have easily realized its misunderstandings: all it had to do was to open the legal seals, to which it had access. It was probably easier to unfairly accuse a whistleblower on the basis of lies.

Finally, and this is perhaps the most serious, the company claims that the existence of the photomontages was due to a « very particular » context, that of a video game company, « young and geeky » where « absurd jokes are made » and where « generally, everyone laughs ».

but
               a nazi joke is not « absurd », it is first and foremost a nazi remark.
               a homophobic joke is not « absurd », it is first and foremost a homophobic remark.
etc.

With this statement, the management succeeds in the double tour de force of trivializing the reactionary and toxic atmosphere cultivated in its offices, while at the same time blaming its employees. It seems to forget that as an employer, it is responsible for what happens in its company and must ensure the health and safety of its employees.

This trial concludes 5 years of proceedings, police custody, searches, investigations; charges that could lead to a 3 year prison sentence.
What is left in the end? An indictment requesting 70 hours of community service, clearly confirming that the means used were excessive for such a ridiculous loss.

This debacle allowed once again to expose to a court of justice the real goal of these repeated legal proceedings: judicial relentlessness on the one hand, and obtaining, via the police investigation, exchanges between employees who are currently struggling with the company.
This is a misuse of justice.

The decision will be made in early December.