this was discussed in an earlier thread and it seemed like the idea of finding the "original" gets really messy and game-able (and potentially oppressive if cur

this was discussed in an earlier thread and it seemed like the idea of finding the "original" gets really messy and game-able (and potentially oppressive if curation were used). the primary input to search engines comes from web crawlers...the idea of "first" when it comes to duplicated content is already difficult to determine, and (I would guess) it would get much much worse in the inevitable arms race if something like this were implemented.