Originally Posted by signupdamnit

I believe you but how does Google's algorithms know that? They use what they call "signals" to determine who published the content originally which in large part probably depends on date on first indexing and where it first appeared. Even worse how would you prove it to Google with a manual request? You could try to sue and you'd stand a better chance but you would have to prove it to the judge and it probably isn't worth it for $xxx to low $x,xxx a month. That's all I'm saying. Hopefully the scumbag stealing your work removes it.