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Originally Posted by Michael@Belgium That doesn't help, I had this issue before and i've contacted the host - they actually said they can't do anything because it's a personal issue between me and the person that you shared the script with. Even if you try to proof that it's your script - it. just. doesn't. help. They say you have copyright on everything you make, but in fact, if it gets stolen your all mighty copyright doesn't help at all. And my kinda issue like this was about the gamemode, website and UCP. I felt betraited and i was pissed off as f*ck. All my work from +/- 7 months were in the hands of another person. After i realized i couldn't do much about it I just took some kind of revenge and sold my gamemode 3 times because those months before was worthless

Dealing with copyright complaints is the duty of the host. You tell them that you own the content that is being hosted and the onus is on the script thief to prove that they have the rights to use it.

If the game server host doesn't comply, they've already failed one of their legal obligations, so go to the next higher authority - the company that owns the dedicated servers (or, god forbid, VPSes) that the gameserver host uses. That company will have real, established processes for dealing with copyright complaints, and it becomes a lot easier - either the gameserver host removes the stolen content, or they go down along with the script thief.

It's not a great situation to be in if somebody steals your script and uses it without permission, but it's not entirely useless. There are measures that help people like you and OP stop others from benefiting from your work.