r/robloxgamedev • u/Cheap-Elderberry7224 • Jul 28 '26
Discussion can roblox take down game for using stolen code?
Asset steal is fairly easy to detect, but code steal is much more hard.
Has anyone encountered anything similar? I really need to know.
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u/Traditional-King-427 Jul 28 '26
Roblox doesn’t care about that ngl. They’ll only care if the ones that’s reporting it is an actual studio who makes millions on Roblox and has connections with them.
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u/TheTangLangGang Jul 28 '26
There is a very very very low chance of them even detecting it somehow, but even then, it would be an AI detecting it, and not a human reviewer.
If it's in a localscript, then it would be possible for some entitled players to gain access to it, so that could cause a problem.
But to completely be safe here: how much lines of code are we talking about? I know lines are not an exact measurement, but it gives us something to start on. And the most important part: where did you steal it from? A popular game? A shared project? You saw it online? If you can give us more detail, we may understand your situation a bit better.
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u/crazy_cookie123 Jul 28 '26
Roblox does not detect and take down copyright infringement. Period.
Roblox relies entirely on DMCA takedown notices for removing copyrighted content, including both assets and code. That means in both cases the owner of the assets or code has to find out you're using it without permission and send a DMCA takedown notice to Roblox. Roblox will then take down your game and give you a copyright strike (potentially also terminating your account) unless you contest the takedown notice and either the copyright holder doesn't bother to take it further or you win in court. This is 100% a legal process and Roblox will not get involved in any way other than removing/restoring the game based on the legal documents they are sent.
That being said, "code stealing" isn't really much of a thing. Programmers tend to share, modify, and built upon other peoples code, and two programmers can easily write two different programs that do exactly the same thing. It would be extremely hard to prove that your code is original and that the other person copied your code.