Only in Sweden Would File-Sharing Become an Official Religion It took two years and two failed attempts for members of the Missionary Church of Kopimism to earn the official designation as a ...

For many of us, media consumption is basically a religion. We don’t leave the house without a book, a game or a video — we have all of these things on our phones and our laptops and we attempt to make ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden dealt a symbolic blow to the global fight against digital music and film piracy by recognising a group that promotes file-sharing across the Internet as a religion. One of ...

Across the 36 countries surveyed, people’s views on the importance of religion to national identity vary widely. Large shares in middle-income countries say being a member of the historically ...

“Nones” are adults who describe themselves religiously as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” This report uses the terms “nones” and “religiously unaffiliated” interchangeably. Negative ...