Kopimism has been recognized as a belief community and not as a religion[1][2] and as such does not give the followers of Kopimism the same umbrella of protection that is provided to mainstream religions in Sweden. More details on this discussion can be found on reddit[3]
As for the effectiveness of this movement, I'm skeptical. If the intention is promotion of freedom of information and critique on intellectual property, there are much more effective ways to go about it; and if the intent is humor/satire, there's not much of that either. I'd avoid discussing Scientology here despite the parallels because discussions about "religion" tend to be more verbose and speculative than what is acceptable at HN.
I don't have a citation for this, so please take it with a grain of salt, but according to my Swedish friend, this movement does not legalize file sharing and those purporting to be members of the movement won't be covered for the sake of being members. In other words, it doesn't really do anything to protect its members from file sharing laws.
[1]https://lagen.nu/1998:1593
[2]http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/02/78/31/04636561.pdf (English translation of [1])
[3]http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/o2m6d/filesharing...
As for the effectiveness of this movement, I'm skeptical. If the intention is promotion of freedom of information and critique on intellectual property, there are much more effective ways to go about it; and if the intent is humor/satire, there's not much of that either. I'd avoid discussing Scientology here despite the parallels because discussions about "religion" tend to be more verbose and speculative than what is acceptable at HN.