If someone copies a build without permission, can they get punished?
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dodo9898
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I haven't been on World of Minecraft:  Realms for a while, but I recently had my computer fixed and it was able to run the client.  While I was on, I made a good friend (for the sake of the person's privacy, they will be left unnamed).  I granted this person build status on my realm, and the person granted me build status on their realm.  I logged on about a week ago, and this person said that they took my build and rebuilt it.  I was excited to see what this person had changed.  I went onto their realm, only to find that it was a direct copy.  I have no physical evidence of this, but I am 95% sure that this person did do a direct copy. They kept reassuring me that the built it from scratch, but I wasn't convinced.  For one, I had never finished the island (the build was a floating island with a tower on top).  The island on this person's build that was supposed to be a rebuilt version was exactly the same, was was the branch off and the lake beneath it.

My question is, is there any way for this person to get punished?  I know it sounds conceited, rude, and selfish, but I am most annoyed that this person decided to plagarize my build directly then pass it off as theirs.  I realize that this was completely my fault, that I should have not left this person build status on my realm before I left, but I am quite infuriated and would appreciate any help that anyone could give me.
Thank you for your time.

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Nono, what you are thinking

Nono, what you are thinking is reasonable.

One way to see if they have copied is to /whodid and see if they have pasted but if this was a long time ago then the information is not going to show up. I personally hate it when someone steals a build and I feel like it is really dishonest to the original person who made it. Even if someone did remake it, it doesn't make it theirs.

dodo9898
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Thank you

I have a feeling that this person did copy the build a while ago.  I thank you for your help, though.  :)