diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index 8bd5ecdd1..82429c88d 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 struct settings;
 struct timespec;
 
+/** Print copyright message to screen. */
+void print_copyright();
+
 /** Normal random variate generator using the Box-Muller method
  *
  * @param m Mean
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 56eb16241..64b24875f 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 #include "cfg.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
+void print_copyright()
+{
+	printf("Simulator2Simulator Server %s (built on %s %s)\n",
+		BLU(VERSION), MAG(__DATE__), MAG(__TIME__));
+	printf(" copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
+	printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");
+}
+
 int version_parse(const char *s, struct version *v)
 {
 	return sscanf(s, "%u.%u", &v->major, &v->minor) != 2;
diff --git a/src/pipe.c b/src/pipe.c
index c0addd839..5191de01f 100644
--- a/src/pipe.c
+++ b/src/pipe.c
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ static void usage(char *name)
 	printf("  NODE    the name of the node to which samples are sent and received from\n");
 	printf("  -r      swap read / write endpoints)\n\n");
 
-	printf("Simulator2Simulator Server %s (built on %s %s)\n",
-		BLU(VERSION), MAG(__DATE__), MAG(__TIME__));
-	printf(" copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
-	printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");
+	print_copyright();
 
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index e1b0ee5a1..ed9fe87a8 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 	list_foreach(struct node_type *vt, &node_types)
 		printf(" - %s: %s\n", vt->name, vt->description);
 	printf("\n");
-	printf("Simulator2Simulator Server %s (built on %s %s)\n",
-		BLU(VERSION), MAG(__DATE__), MAG(__TIME__));
-	printf(" copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
-	printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");
+
+	print_copyright();
 
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
diff --git a/src/signal.c b/src/signal.c
index 584f47275..76b2e8009 100644
--- a/src/signal.c
+++ b/src/signal.c
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		printf("  RATE   how many messages per second\n");
 		printf("  LIMIT  only send LIMIT messages\n\n");
 
-		printf("Simulator2Simulator Server %s (built on %s %s)\n",
-			BLU(VERSION), MAG(__DATE__), MAG(__TIME__));
-		printf(" copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
-		printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");
+		print_copyright();
 
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index 156eac4df..771f3ac50 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		printf("  TEST    the name of the test to execute: 'rtt'\n");
 		printf("  NODE    name of the node which shoud be used\n\n");
 
-		printf("Simulator2Simulator Server %s (built on %s %s)\n",
-			BLU(VERSION), MAG(__DATE__), MAG(__TIME__));
-		printf(" copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
-		printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");
+		print_copyright();
 
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}