It's really great that you have brought up this issue. I wonder if steemit could be refined in a way, where they would be able to automatically scan steemit as well as the internet etc. for identical writings. Such programs exist, and I wonder if it could be somehow implemented (?).
There is a bot that looks for it called Cheetah. But evidently it does miss things, although you would think it would catch it if it is on Wikipedia.
I think the Steeminc people are leaving it on us to police the community to maintain their appearance of decentralization. I have noticed in my short time in the world of crypto that many diehard believers feel it is blasphemy if there is any sign of control, as evidenced when Ethereum was hacked and the brains behind it went in and reversed the transactions. I am glad they did it as theft isn't cool, but there are still people mad about it to this day.
Thanks for reading and sharing your ideas.
Oh, that's a great point, thanks for sharing! Totally agree that such control policies could be abused too...