Word: hedgepath
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...Hedgepath, president of Pegasus Originals, was vacationing in the Rockies last summer when he got a tip-off via e-mail. Internet users were flocking to a new website and furiously downloading his artists' copyrighted work for free. The site shut off the downloads when Hedgepath threatened to sue. But within days the same bootlegs were circulating on an underground, members-only site. All this easy Internet piracy made Hedgepath despair for the future of his craft. "Many artists have gone, and many more will go," he sighs. "I've talked to a lot who are looking for something else...
...Hedgepath's company doesn't deal in music, as so many injured copyright holders do these days. It sells ornate stitching patterns, and the files that are being traded Napster-style are templates for hobbyists looking to make pillows decorated with cuddly dogs and flowery pastoral scenes...
...dollars each to buy them from companies like Pegasus. But pattern pirates are on the loose on the Internet, and the middle-age crafts crowd has begun to demonstrate the same deeply held sense of entitlement felt by 17-year-old Limp Bizkit fans downloading free MP3 tunes. When Hedgepath challenged the piracy of one outfit, brazenly named PatternPiggies, the online postings in response were downright defiant. Shouted one user: "Ladies, this is war, and I'm out for blood...
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