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File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« on: January 05, 2012, 10:57:34 am »
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Kopimism is the brainchild of philosophy student Isak Gerson, who founded the church in 2010 to protect his beliefs that copying and sharing information is a good thing. (If Kopimism has a Ten Commandments equivalent, I'm guessing "Thou shall not steal" didn't make the cut.)

Before you dispute Kopimism as hogwash, there are some things to consider. According to TorrentFreak, the movement has a couple thousand followers, and the number is expected to rise with its official status.

Reaching this point wasn't easy, however. Since the church's founding, Gerson made several attempts and failed to get Sweden to recognize the organization as an official religion. It was only after the group formalized a way of praying/meditation that the church got the official blessing.

Kopimism leaders hope the official recognition of their religion could be a positive factor in court cases. I wouldn't expect it to work like a "Get out of jail free" card, though I'm sure that won't stop Gerson from preaching the message of Kopimism.

source - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57352469-1/file-sharing-religion-goes-legit-in-sweden/

You know out of all the religions out there, I think this is one I could get behind and support.  What do you all think?  Could you get behind this "religion"?
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 11:35:58 am »
Self-entitled twats who just want to get away with piracy? No, I don't think I can get behind that at all.

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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 01:47:49 pm »
Uh, how about, “No.”
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 07:19:49 pm »
If it was a secret occultic society where we dressed up in fancy robes and did satanic blood sacrifice rituals on webcam, then maybe.
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012, 03:05:44 am »
Interesting...
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2012, 12:46:23 pm »
Best case scenario, this kind of thing catches on internationally, highlights the ridiculousness of religion, and ends up with religions having no more official protection or pandering than any other form of personal expression.
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2012, 02:38:29 pm »
Worst case scenario, we get free shit. Excellent.
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 02:59:39 pm »
Making a religion in order to get special protections.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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It was only after the group formalized a way of praying/meditation that the church got the official blessing.

Is that all it takes to get an "official" blessing?
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 03:25:14 pm »
Making a religion in order to get special protections.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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It was only after the group formalized a way of praying/meditation that the church got the official blessing.

Is that all it takes to get an "official" blessing?

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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 04:35:37 pm »
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 06:24:31 pm »
One could start a religion based on the value of filling toothpaste tube with doo-doo.
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 06:43:33 pm »
One could start a religion based on the value of filling toothpaste tube with doo-doo.

Or a religion about TP'ing people's homes
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Re: File-Sharing, in Sweden its a religion
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2012, 07:04:50 pm »
Years ago I drafted a religion I called Escalo-Firology, which was based on the holy text posted in many public buildings, "in the event of a fire, use stairs." Repent your sins, brothers and sisters! Be not like the heathen Elevites and the heretic Escalites, who turned away from the stairs and in their pride were lost!
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2012, 07:33:33 pm »
Dear FSTDTus

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