The headline is a pretty clear statement that the author reported the bug; "Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug" can't

The headline is a pretty clear statement that the author reported the bug; "Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug" can't really be read to mean anything else than that the author filed the bug. Coderdude was referring to the headline, not the content of the article.