Takedown requests are for companies like YouTube where content is illegally uploaded by a user. In this instance, the site owners clearly stole the intellectual

Takedown requests are for companies like YouTube where content is illegally uploaded by a user. In this instance, the site owners clearly stole the intellectual property themselves. This is plagiarism, plain and simple, and the DMCA does not (and should not) protect it. I may be biased because I'm a published author, but if it takes a guy like this to hammer plagiarists I'm all for it. If you want to use someone else's writing, ask them for their permission and get it in writing. That's been the law and custom since time immemorial.