The Swedish government has formally recognized a church based on the belief that people have the right to copy digital data.
The Church of Kopimism claims that information is holy, with an inherent value, and the act of copying information, known as "kopyacting" is a religious activity that increases the value of information by passing it to more people.
The group even claims keystrokes CTRL + C and CTRL + V as religious symbols, the common key combination used for copying and pasting data using a computer keyboard.
Cynical observers, however, suggest the Church of Kopimism exists not to promote the value of information, but to promote illegal copying of data, all the way from casual backups to unauthorized software piracy.
