If you put a lot of effort into a project and don't want it stolen, please REGISTER THE COPYRIGHT. 0. Register the copyright within 3 months after you publish

If you put a lot of effort into a project and don't want it stolen, please REGISTER THE COPYRIGHT. 0. Register the copyright within 3 months after you publish the project. 1. Register online at https://eco.copyright.gov/ https://eco.copyright.gov/ - it costs $35 (or so) and is not particularly difficult to do. 1.1 registration is not difficult, but it is tedious and involves navigating a super-old government website that kinda sucks. 2. You can also hire a lawyer to register for you, which costs around $200-300. 3. Once you have the copyright registration, you can write a polite letter to whomever is stealing your stuff (or write a nasty letter, depending on your mood). 4. You can force them to pay you compensation for stealing your copyrighted content. 5. If your stolen stuff is being hosted by a third party provider (like imgur or whatever), you can send the host a DMCA takedown request, and the host will quickly remove the offending content. that is just US law. Milage may vary in other countries. edit - a lot of downvoting on this comment. Too snarky? Too anti-open-source? i thought this is useful info. Sorry to offend!