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by RiderOfGiraffes 5883 days ago
That's pretty balanced. If it were a lot of money most people would go to speak to a lawyer, but when legal action starts, the only real winners are the lawyers.

I second the suggestion that you contact someone as high as you can, call them, and tell them that you're pleased they liked the work, that you spent X hours on it, so would like to bill them $Y, then shut up.

It's good advice, in another comment in this item, and here's the link.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1327131

If you try it, will you tell us how you got on?