Sweden has recognised the Church of Kopimism as a legitimate religion, making its rituals protected by Swedish law. The only problem is, “kopyacting”, peer to peer files sharing, often of pirated material, is one of the “rituals”. The church also holds Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as sacred symbols.

I can’t quite decide which is sillier: the Swedish Church of Kopimism or the Anglican Church of Canada.

From here:

It was founded by 19-year-old philosophy student and leader Isak Gerson. He hopes that file-sharing will now be given religious protection.

“For the Church of Kopimism, information is holy and copying is a sacrament. Information holds a value, in itself and in what it contains and the value multiplies through copying. Therefore copying is central for the organisation and its members,” he said in a statement.

“Being recognised by the state of Sweden is a large step for all of Kopimi. Hopefully this is one step towards the day when we can live out our faith without fear of persecution,” he added.