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Swedish pirates have a religion?

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Citizen Skeptic:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/04/20/kopimism-swedens-pirate-religion-begins-to-plunder-america


--- Quote ---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.

Followers of so-called "Kopimism" believe copying, sharing, and improving on knowledge, music, and other types of information is only human—the Romans remixed Greek mythology, after all, they say. In January, Kopimism—a play on the words "copy me"—was formally recognized by a Swedish government agency, raising its profile worldwide.

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How do you say "argh matey" in Swedish?  :)

JD Holwick:
that is interesting.  it seems they are being a little narrow minded though and not truly considering the cost that goes into producing many of the media types they want to get their hands on free of charge.  their view of how this world should work probably isn't economically sustainable...  and i'm not sure i fully understand why they would build a religion based on free information sharing.  probably, they are just trying to find a legal loophole.  would you agree?  ---  jdh

Citizen Skeptic:
Yeah, it looks like a creative use of a loophole. But those Swedes are kinda whacky. :)

Shibboleth:

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