Designer Thieves Options

[res8zenith]

was wondering lately i've seen designs that look very similiar to other designs so i was wondering, what is the best thing to do when you catch someone stealing your material/ideas/codes/designs or structures for their own uses or sites?

what if they are using your stuff but credit you?
what if they are using your stuff and alter the credits?
what if they are using your stuff and remove the credits?

**normally i email them or comment on the site and tell them to take it off or i'll talk to their hosting services xD that's the best i got, and if their ashamed of what they did, they put the credits up or completely change everything before next sunrise. some are rude enough to slander & object the claim when clearly the material is stolen.

[readysetmove]

There is no way to get people to not steal layouts. For images you can watermark it, I know it sort of takes away from the image but at least it will be safe, unless the person stealing it has mad Photoshop skills, but then why would they need to steal it in the first place? As for code, I agree and disagree with some of the replies on here. I seriously doubt anyone on this site is one of the inventors of code. Obviously people had to make codes based off of already existing codes. I object, however, to people outright copying a style-sheet without that persons permission, because that person took time to make that style-sheet, it's the same as taking an image. The only way I can see moderately protecting your code is to disable right clicking, but I heard there are even ways around that.