All Rites Reversed (or All Rights Reversed) is a term from the Principia Discordia that is used generally in Discordianism and similar subcultures. It is a parody of All rights reserved and indicates a lack of copyright status. It is often accompanied by a circled K (for Kallisti) and is occasionally stated as "All Rites Reversed - Reprint what you like". The Principia Discordia is the primary sacred scripture of the Discordian religion. ... Discordianism has been described as both an elaborate joke disguised as a religion and a religion disguised as an elaborate joke. ... All rights reserved was a formal notice that all rights granted under existing copyright law (ie. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:copyrights. ... Kallisti is a word from the Greek language. ...

It is also sometimes known as Kopyleft. Compare Copyleft, which has a more clear meaning. The reversed c is the copyleft symbol. ...

Unlike public domain status, All Rites Reversed has no formal legal meaning. Greg Hill, author of the Principia Discordia, has said that he knew he had used small amounts of copyrighted material in the Principia and wanted to make it clear that he wasn't attempting to claim copyright on those items for himself. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... This article refers to the real life of Greg Hill. ...

There is also a 1988 book on ritualism by Antero Alli, entitled "All Rites Reversed".