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Since they already have it up on their website, you'll probably want to get in touch with a copyright lawyer. I wouldn't do anything before that as you want that transaction trail in place. Screenshot and archive (even internet archive) everything.

If that sounds like it's going to be too expensive an endeavor, I completely understand. If the pirate is selling the asset on his own site, you can probably report that to Google. If he's selling it on a third party site like TurboSquid, you can probably get in touch with them instead. None of this will stop him completely, especially in the future. But my top suggestion would be to remove anything from the Q&A about hacking or pirating or anti-cheat, as this kind of stuff just inspires people to try.

After that you will probably want to think about somehow switching to a one-time licensing key system, rather than a pay-for-download system, for future versions, and distributing the asset for free with a paid license to unlock more features.

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Hi, thanks for the suggestions. That makes a lot of sense, and I’ll consider what you said.

To add just one small thing as clarification: it’s plausible that mentioning anything about anti-cheat etc. would possibly “inspire” some people to try their hand at it. However there’s 2 issues: a) it’s a feature of the asset, so I’d be wrong to not advertise it properly (otherwise it might as well just not be there). And b) I already happen to know why the user in question decided to go this route.

Simply put: they’re disgruntled because I didn’t wanna “be friends” with them on social media.

Anyways, I’ll do as No Time To Play suggested and contact support now. Thanks again.

/edit: everything so far has been thoroughly documented of course.

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Petty people are only worth a laugh. 😂

There's no real solution for that other than to act like someone nobody wants to be friends with.

In an approach opposite to the above, Death, Love, and Carrots looks beautiful and I can't wait to try it!