The Swedish government has filesharing officially as a religion, recognized. The Church of Kopimisten tried for a year to their doctrine as a religion is recognised, and that is now successful, confirms the Swedish government as a result of messages in the media.
This is file sharing in Sweden is officially a religion, confirms a spokeswoman for the Kammarkollegiet opposite Tweakers.net.
Which institution is in charge with the classification of groups as a religious community. The Church of Kopimisten – derived from the term ” kopimi, to speak as copy me – has three request have to do if religion is to be considered.
As a church, are to be regarded, had the Kopimisten their way of beliefs to capture. That is the copying and sharing of information, says the founder of the church, filosofiestudent Isak Gerson, compared to Wired. “Copying is central for the church and its members,” writes the church.
The “church” would now three thousand followers. The recognition as a religion, makes more public funding available, as well as tax benefits to making donations. It does not mean, however, that members of the church copyright infringement may commit also Kopimisten must comply with the copyright legislation.
In Sweden found previously, the pirate party its origin. The Swedish pirates received at the latest parliamentary elections, not enough votes for a seat, but two seats in the European Parliament managed to secure.