Global InformationMissionary Church of Kopimism information
The Missionary Church of Kopimism (in Swedish Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet), is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue;[1][2][3] it was founded by Isak Gerson,[4] a 19-year-old philosophy student,[5] and Gustav Nipe in Uppsala, Sweden in the autumn of 2010.[6] The Church, based in Sweden, has been officially recognized by the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency as a religious community in January 2012, after three application attempts.[4][7]
Gerson has denied any connection between the Church and filesharing site The Pirate Bay,[8] but both groups are associated with the Swedish art and hacking collective Piratbyrån.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Jacksonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
awaitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
CITROMEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
bbcwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sinnreich, Aram (2016-04-02). "Sharing in spirit: Kopimism and the digital Eucharist". Information, Communication & Society. 19 (4): 504–517. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2015.1036766. ISSN 1369-118X. S2CID 214655623.
- ^ "Press Release from the Church of Kopimism". First United Church of Kopimism, US. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Ernestowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Privitera, Salvatore. "File-sharing as a religion, do we really need it?". Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2012.