I was like that til one day someone found my (at the time) fav piece ripped off. That and I want to start selling my artwork on a more regular basis....so gotta guard what I have now.
It's rather an interesting experience to go through....your stuff is kick a$$ I wonder why no one's found it yet and tried lol but it's a good thing not to have to worry about that anyhoo...I would have preferred that it had never happened...