I can picture expensive looking lawyers arriving at their door, carrying leather briefcases and delivering an ultimatum:

"Listen carefully, my friend, let me help you out. Here are your options:

1) Delete the code, stop working on it, take this $1 million, and enjoy some peace. Think about your family, you deserve a stress-free life. If you choose this, you'll never hear from us again.

2) Keep resisting, and I'll personally see to it that not a day passes where we don’t make your life difficult. You'll end up spending most of your time, energy, money, and sanity fighting a battle that, for me, is just another Tuesday.

Not a tough decision, is it?"