Great response!

If he replies with something like « I need you to come in » you should follow up with « I’m sure you do, good luck dude. »

Never break it, that’s hilarious.

So you proved yourself wrong. Congrats.

For assets, you would be distributing other people’s work without permission. Some companies scan online content for digital fingerprints of copyrighted material. Think Youtube content ID but they are other tools out there.

As for software you used without a license, the work you did doesn’t matter in that regard, you’re only liable for using unlicensed software by bypassing copyright protection methods. You’re not distributing it. Their DRM (even cracked) might send them enough identifiable information to sue you (in theory).