On the other side, lawyers have put up all kinds of strategic defenses to try to keep the music flowing. The only thing stranger than the latest justification for music downloads is the fact that someone is actually buying into it. In a move that gives new meaning to the term "Stockholm Syndrome," the nation of Sweden announced last month that it granted official recognition to a religious organization known as the Church of Kopimism. To break it down for the simple minds - and those prone to logic - a bunch of people pledged devotion to the ideal of something-for-nothing and called it a religion in order to escape the "persecution" of laws designed to protect the people who make music. Never mind that musicians put tons of time, energy, passion, and - you guessed it - MONEY into creating the music to which this new "church" claims it is entitled.
It is hard to believe that anyone would actually take this group seriously enough to grant it an official designation as a religion, but as long as they are wiling to accept this argument, I'm thinking of rolling it over into the food market. That's right. I am dedicated to the mission of eating free Köttbullar, and I need government protection to ensure that I can pursue that goal unhindered.
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