Isak Gerson is spiritual leader of the world’s newest religion, Kopimism, devoted to file-sharing. On 5 January the Church of Kopimism was formally recognised as a religion by the Swedish government.

This post originally appeared at Bubblegum and Bibles. After last week’s SOPA and PIPA Internet site blackouts, lawmakers have postponed votes on the bills that could change the way information is ...

The city of Uppsala has seen its share of religious congregations. In ancient times, it was the main pagan center of Sweden, famed for its temple to the Old Norse gods. In the Middle Ages, it became a ...

A religion for pirates has been given the stamp of approval. The Church of Kopimism has been officially registered by the Swedish government, with the goal of preventing the persecution of pirates. A ...

The pro-piracy "Church of Kopimism" holds CTRL+C and CTRL+V as its sacred symbols. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief COLOGNE, Germany – Sweden has recognized file sharing as a religion, granting ...

After a couple of failed attempts, a group of pirates in Sweden has created an official religion from the Church of Kopimism. Crave contributor Christopher MacManus regularly spends his time exploring ...

The Church of Kopimism has been registered as a religious organization by the Swedish governmental agency Kammarkollegiet, it said on Wednesday. For the Church of Kopimism, information is holy and ...

A sect of self-proclaimed digital pirates, which believes that “information is holy and copying is a sacrament,” has been recognized as an official religion in Sweden. kopimistsamfundet.se For the ...

A Swedish religion whose dogma centers on the belief that people should be free to copy and distribute all information--regardless of any copyright or trademarks--has made its way to the United States ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The question, framed baldly, seems specious, an act of bolshie undergraduate bird-flipping smart-arsery. Is file-sharing a religious act ...

Sweden has recognized a new religion. This might not be headline news for the open-minded Swedes, save for the belief system’s atypical focus: Kopimism is devoted to technology in general and free ...

The Missionary Church of Kopimism has one central belief: that it's okay to copy information, in any form. And now the church of file-sharing has finally succeeded in its bid to be recognized as a ...