Free culture organization Fight for the Future and Kirby Ferguson, the filmmaker behind Everything Is a Remix, have created an elegantly animated explanation of how the entertainment industry's push to stop piracy has far-reaching, and potentially very problematic consequences. 

For more information from Fight for the Future, visit http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/. For more films by Kirby Ferguson, visit http://www.kirbyferguson.com/.

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