[sounds]

Or, more likely, they can't get involved for legal reasons. If they took steps to block the easy stuff, an arms race would ensue, and the content providers would never be satisfied with the performance being provided for free by Google. The content providers would always demand stricter enforcement, and could threaten to sue for copyright infringement regardless of merit.

[ChuckMcM]

I think if that were the case they would not have pushed out the "Panda" updates which penalized content farms so heavily. If their past behavior (with content farms and other "low value" content sites) is a guide they will not do anything until enough people complain about it.

In the mean time it isn't even Google's content so its not a hosting issue, they are just the "neutral" third party providing their 10 blue links (oh and supplying the advertising engine those sites are using)