This is a hypocritical and pointless debate. No one batted an eyelid all these years on various social media platforms. Now that we know how much an author makes from a payout we are compelled to raise a red flag? The real issue is within us and not the laws regarding content that is selected from various sources and shared on this platform with credit to the content owners. Everyone one from your basement blogger to the top news agencies on the web and print do it and yet because of this transparent system of Steemit we are pissed about how much similar content gets upvoted. Everyone of us thinks that our own content/photography/opinions is golden! It's time to wake up to the reality that it may not always be the case! If you feel that you are not being paid enough on Steemit to post/write/share/curate content I strongly suggest you to pitch your ideas in the traditional way to an editor of a paper/mag/website and learn how difficult it is to even earn a cent. Be grateful if you've made even a $.01 on Steemit and move on to the next blog post. If you think it's not worth your time, start a regular blog and learn to monetize it. You'll know in 1 hour how difficult it is. Live and let live and stop bashing each other. Use the time to create value that can be consumed and shared. :) Cheers.