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About 3 months ago, someone copied almost all of my content (format and all) changing only the site name and links.  Of course, I was horrified and immediately tried a DMCA but the guy is hosted in Czech Rep so it turn into a pain in the butt. Long story short, the stolen content is still up.  I figured eventually I would see a hit for the duplicate content but so far, absolutely nothing.  Same rankings, same everything; best thing is, his site doesn't appear to even be on Google. My question is, does stolen content still matter anymore?  I thought it used to be a huge problem, and I read posts and such of blog owners who have fretted over the consequences to their beloved site.  It seems like Google figured out that since that content was on my site for the past year, I must be the original owner.  They might have even blacklisted the other site; can't find them by typing in their domain anymore.