I totally agree but you should be able to have another set written with great quality - The big drop shippers always rewrite manufacturer descriptions because of this issue.
- You need to decide if the gains out-ways the costs
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I totally agree but you should be able to have another set written with great quality - The big drop shippers always rewrite manufacturer descriptions because of this issue.
You could have them add a rel- canonical - But dropshippers want your content so they can rank they will not want to use it.
penalization isnt the only thing you need to worry about its a dropshipper that is stronger then you out ranking you.
The best way is to give your drop shippers a feed with 1 set of descriptions and your site having another set (people will still copy but much less)