Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden

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Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 4, 2012 @06:43AM from the but-do-they-have-snacks-and-coffee? dept.

bs0d3 writes "Kopimism is now an official religion in Sweden. Kopimi beliefs originated with the Swedish group called Piratbyran who believed that everything should be shared freely online without restrictions from copyright. Leader Isak Gerson, has recently had some disagreements with the Swedish Pirate Party where many people disagree with all religions." Here's the official website for the "Missionary Church of Kopimism."

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Is the clipboard by TheTruthIs · 2012-01-04 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny

their holy scripture?
1. Re:Is the clipboard by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2012-01-04 06:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I would rather bet on the Creative Commons license. ;-)
  
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2. Re:Is the clipboard by Pharmboy · 2012-01-04 06:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Depends, if they were Evangelical Kopimists, then the GNU/GPL is the only TRUE gospel. Not only do you accept It into your life, but you must spread the word in all your earthly works.
  The ones that follow the Creative Commons are like the people who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. They aren't real believers, they are "just in case it is true, at least I will get into heaven" believers.
  
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3. Re:Is the clipboard by Narishma · 2012-01-04 07:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  As long as Clippy isn't their prophet we are safe.
  
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4. Re:Is the clipboard by wedge3d · 2012-01-04 13:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Every byte is sacred.
  Every byte is great.
  If a byte is wasted,
  God gets quite irate.
The result will be deadly by Ukab+the+Great · 2012-01-04 06:48 · Score: 5, Funny

sectarian violence between Kopimists and the ABBAnites over lost royalty tithe income.
MacChrist by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-04 06:57 · Score: 2, Funny

Jesus copied bread & fish to the people... How should the bakers and fishermen get paid?
I'd say, sue Jesus!
Re:Site is down right now. by itchythebear · 2012-01-04 07:07 · Score: 3, Funny

came here to see the violence inherent in the system
left satisfied.

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Great! by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2012-01-04 07:51 · Score: 3, Funny

now who do I pray to to get more seeders on my torrents?

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Re:Religious Prosecution of File Sharers by AliasMarlowe · 2012-01-04 07:54 · Score: 4, Funny

"Fun fact: In Finland, the only person you should confess a murder to is a priest. Even the court can't force a priest to break the secrecy."
Better fact: The best kept secret is the one that no one else knows about.
So then you kill the priest immediately after confession. Which gives you another murder to confess, presumably to another priest. The Catholics have over 400000 of them, so you won't run out for some time.

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Re:Site is down right now. by StripedCow · 2012-01-04 09:00 · Score: 3, Funny

But what actual benefits
They're now allowed to, every hour, generate excessively loud noise for a couple of minutes. Just like the church in my street.

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