Kopimism, Sweden's Pirate Religion, Begins to Plunder America

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

I came upon this article when browsing for a topic having to do with religion and technology. This article was very interesting to me not only because of the main idea behind Kopimism but also that the U.S. is adapting the religion. Although I am not sure if I truly would ever pursue or believe in such a thing, it was very interesting to say the least.

The basic idea behind Kopimism is to be able to copy and share things over the internet without permission from its original source. It states that not only downloading things illegally such as movies, music, and document should be the free will of the person but also that the legal regulations of such things should be changed. Seeing as the religion was first established in Sweden, which says to have the most laxest copyright laws in the world, it amazes me that such ideas have adapted in the U.S.

This article also got me thinking about when we talked about the relationship between Job's ideas and religion and making it your own. The founders of this religion have sort of made up this religion to have some sort of protection for making things their own. Things being to have the ability to copyright items or download things illegally and having the fall back of saying it is a religion they are practicing and that they should have the right to do so.

I think the article is a major grasp for the topic we talked about with thinking freely within a religion and coming up with independent ideas. Needless to say, the article was interesting and brought forth a lot of questions about just how far can a religion go to bend or break laws enforced worldwide.