Stealing Code
Stealing Code
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- lifeindev0
If you wrote it yes you own it and automatically have a copyright on it (if you are in the US, i'm not familiar with copyright law elsewhere). Someone can't use it unless it falls under fair use of course (eg- if it was being used as a parody of your work, that's totally legit).
Otherwise you can send a cease and desist and/or sue them. Suing them is really expensive, and not going to be worth it. You would spend a LOT of money do this, and you wouldn't get anything in return. The only way you could get $$$ out of it is if their actions were directly costing you $$$.
About all you can do is:
A. politely tell them to remove the code, or give you credit for it
B. tell them they're assholes