The problem is @juliank, as the steem dollar has shot up in value and may well go a lot further, this is, I feel, going to be a worsening issue. Not only then do you have people who are cheats needing to bolster their self esteem, though gawd knows how they manage that when stealing others work to gain some kudos, but I think systematic abuse is going to be worthwhile to every toerag with a computer. This may well come from poorer countries predominantly, but if I was a 14yr old kid from a hard nosed ghetto , or some sniveling rich kid at Harvard, both with no more desire to make money than many investors, I'd have as many computers all hooked up at once putting anyone's content up in order to get all that possible bounty. Thank goodness most people aren't like that, but we have to face the reality that, whether down do being desperately in poverty or just selfishly deviant with the morals of a snake, we know they're always going to be coming at us. It's a conundrum that's been running through my head for a few days now. I'm a photographer, I'm fairly well respected on the street photography scene, I curate for a couple of highly regarded st phot groups on facebook, Black and White Street .com and Streets in Colour. com. I've had to deal with plagiarism, and that's without the temptation of $$$'s. I'd also been thinking along the lines of a bot, but hadn't considered that many people's photography will legitimately be on the web, and perhaps without any credit, some of my own work included, although I can count those on one hand, and not using 3 of my fingers ;) . I think the only way is that if people want to post artistic content, that there is a procedure for higher verification (passport/ID included in the photo verification etc,), but perhaps only if they start to make any money or win any competitions. Like an automated procedure. They wouldn't have to be public, and could be starred as fully verified afterwards. Not perhaps the way we like to think, but I really can't see any chance of not stepping up the difficulty level for people to post stolen content. I've been up a couple of nights thinking this through with a view to the future, and I know that'd be a lot of people hours to run such scrutiny, but perhaps that would be run by volunteers, steemit being what it is, the whole ethos etc. I'm a good photo detective myself so if it comes to needing more hands on deck, feel free to hit me up for some help. There must be a solution to this though, somewhere........... best regards