Technical Answer - Protecting code in python

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Hello All,

I have a hard question, every time I look for this answer its get out
from the technical domain and goes on in the moral/social domain.
First, I live in third world with bad gov., bad education, bad police
and a lot of taxes and bills to pay, and yes I live in a democratic
"state" (corrupt, but democratic).
So please, don't try to convince me about the social / economical /
open source / give to all / be open / all people are honest until
prove contrary / dance with the rabbits...
Remember I need to pay bills and security.
Now the technical question:

1 - There is a way to make some program in python and protects it? I
am not talking about ultra hard-core protection, just a simple one
that will stop 90% script kiddies.

2 - If I put the code in web like a web service, how can I protect my
code from being ripped? There is a way to avoid someone using my site
and ripping the .py files?

Thanks and sorry for the introduction