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The Missionary Church of Kopimism (in Swedish ''Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet''), founded by Isak Gerson,〔 is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue.〔〔〔 The Church, based in Sweden, has been officially recognized by the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency as a religious community, after three application attempts.〔〔 Gerson has denied any connection between the Church and filesharing site The Pirate Bay. ==Tenets== The followers of the religion are called ''Kopimists'' from ''copy me''. A "Kopimist" or "Kopimist intellectual" is a person who has the philosophical belief that all information should be freely distributed and unrestricted. This philosophy opposes the monopolization of knowledge in all its forms, such as copyright, and encourages file sharing of all types of media including music, movies, TV shows, and software. In its spiritual emphasis on copying as an ideal, Kopimism shares values with Chinese aesthetic traditions, in which "copying is valued not only as a learning tool (as it is in the West) but as artistically satisfying in its own right," a concept also called ''duplitecture''. According to the church, "In our belief, communication is sacred."〔 No belief in gods or supernatural phenomena apart from Kopimi itself is mentioned on their web site. ''CTRL+C'' and ''CTRL+V'', the common computer shortcut keys for "Copy" and "Paste," are considered sacred symbols. Some groups believe that Kopimi is considered to be a god, and others believing it to be a sacred symbol and spirit residing within every living being. Kopimism made simple:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to the missionary church of kopimism )〕 * All knowledge to all; * The pursuit of knowledge is sacred; * The circulation of knowledge is sacred; * The act of copying is sacred. *up for discussion: In the beginning there was the Bit. It was zero. The Bit activated and IT begot one. Between zero and one there was nothing. Then the Bit got copied. And then those bits got copied. And those again, and again, ad infinitum. Lo, and behold: The one bit begot a universe, by copying itself, with minor changes with each copy. Therefore it is our sacred duty to copy bits into similar but different bits, so the Great Work of the One Bit is done. According to the Kopimist constitution: * Copying of information is ethically right; * Dissemination of information is ethically right; * Copymixing is a sacred kind of copying, more so than the perfect, digital copying, because it expands and enhances the existing wealth of information; * Copying or remixing information communicated by another person is seen as an act of respect and a strong expression of acceptance and Kopimistic faith; * The Internet is holy (Not generally accepted by churches run by the Maesters); * Code is law. On January 5, 2012, Kopimism was accepted by Sweden as a legitimate religion. The religion's association with illegal file sharing has been said not to be a sign that illegal file-sharing will be excused from Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to the controversial matter.〔 As well, multiple micronations accept the Missionary Church of Kopimism as a legitimate religion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Missionary Church of Kopimism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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