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Yup...
This similer sorta thing has happened to me a couple times regarding percentage "deals long" term.
My best advice bro is to work things in writing and retain Copyrights to your work with provisions that liscense the work to anyone you do business with. Now A days I do nothing until I send clients Cost Estimate Proposals, Invoice Forms, and information of rights for use and disclaimer agreements.
You might have a case concerning derivative works from the initial concept you provided and could get em for Copyright infringements if any documentation was passed that clarified the releasing of work to them for there websites.
There are alot of ways to do good professional work for people and protect yourself but none of it will apply if you do not set up agreements, work orders and terms to clients.
As a matter of fact providing work to companies without terms is very dangerous without clarifications as if something fails they can take you down in court claiming you provided faulty work!
Its unbelievable how some of the business law's run in the United States, soem of it makes sense some of it does not.
There is nothing easy about providing Design and Creative Services to companies and seriously most dsigners here at GFY open there assholes so wide anyone can ream them with no vaseling at any given time of day.
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