File-Sharing Recognized as Official Religion in Sweden

[Emil]

The Missionary Church of Kopimism is a congregation of file sharers which hold that copying information is a sacred virtue. The sect, based in Sweden, petitioned the Swedish government to have their church officially recognized as a cult[1][2][3].
The sect's followers are called Kopimists from copy me[4]. According to the church, "In our belief, communication is sacred."[1]
At the end of December 2011 a branch of the Swedish government registered The Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religion. Henceforth Kopimism is recognized as a religion in Sweden and is no longer referred to as a sect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission...ch_of_Kopimism

More @:
http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing...sweden-120104/

[sperbonzo]

Wow! That is one hell of a clever scam!!


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[GregE]

The Missionary Church of Kopimism is a congregation of file sharers which hold that copying information is a sacred virtue. The sect, based in Sweden, petitioned the Swedish government to have their church officially recognized as a cult[1][2][3].
The sect's followers are called Kopimists from copy me[4]. According to the church, "In our belief, communication is sacred."[1]
At the end of December 2011 a branch of the Swedish government registered The Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religion. Henceforth Kopimism is recognized as a religion in Sweden and is no longer referred to as a sect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission...ch_of_Kopimism

More @:
http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing...sweden-120104/

And to think, Europe was once regarded as the cradle of western thought and civilization.

Things sure have changed

[harvey]

And to think, Europe was once regarded as the cradle of western thought and civilization.

Things sure have changed

well, to be honest, it has more logic that any religion I know of

[seeandsee]

its nothing worse than other religions