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If this is the case, depending on how deep they follow this philosophy, it's important because the people or places that actually gather the content or lead to the content creation have invested and are investing more resources than those who simply scrape the data - and they the opportunity to recover costs, otherwise you damage that positive system's ability to continue on their successful path. That matters if you care how quickly we reach a better and better world for everyone. The source of where content is generated (in form of data or other) is also a strong signal of value, and that seems to be a leading metric of what Google wants to offer - the highest value search results.