Well, Google has already indexed a new article x. When article y appears, and Google sees that y is an almost verbatim repeat of x, it shouldn't be that hard to

Well, Google has already indexed a new article x. When article y appears, and Google sees that y is an almost verbatim repeat of x, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out that article x is the original, should it? Especially if they both have time/date stamps....