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Start of Kopimism
The Missionary Church of Kopimism (in Swedish Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet), is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue; it was founded by Isak Gerson, a 19-year-old philosophy student, and Gustav Nipe in Uppsala, Sweden in the autumn of 2010. -
Controverisies
Both founders, Gerson and Nipe, know a lot about online activism and were important in the Swedish Piracy Movement. This made many people in Sweden wonder why they started this organization. In 2011, when they tried to register their group as a religion, the media and Christian publications didn't like it. They said bad things about the Missionary Church of Kopimism, calling it "a political trick", "just for show", and "making religion less important". -
First Wedding
On April 28, 2012, the Missionary Church of Kopimism held their first wedding. The wedding took place in Belgrade, Serbia, between a Romanian woman and an Italian man. The holy ceremony was conducted by a Kopimistic Op, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, while a computer read vows and some of Kopimism's central beliefs aloud.