Sweden Refuses To Recognize Anti-Copyright Believers As A Religion

According to The Local, in Sweden last week the government's Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency rejected attempts of the Missionary Church of Kopimism (pronounced "copy me-ism") to register as a religious faith.  The church was started by the youth division of the Pirate Party, a political party founded in Sweden in 2006 to promote Internet file sharing and to protect people's online privacy. Kopimism contends that "the act of copying is sacred," opposing those who wish to enforce copyright restrictions.