Unfortunately, not so many of us think the issue is too significant. If this occurred somewhere else, the guilty person will be ostracized, or worse, sent to jail. Its a massive crime, and to do it, you are little better than the fraudsters that run amok all over the net. As punishment, they penalise the site itself.
Now, Google, Yahoo, and other leading search engines won't consider carefully about fining or banning the site altogether. Just to offer you an idea, these are the things which could happen to you if you do not take theft too seriously : You might get fined. If you already have RSS feed set up on your internet site, then thats amazing. RSS Feed Submission Service helps as Search site spiders crawl RSS directories to establish link acceptance. You take a chance with your reputation and get your name blacklisted by critical businessmen from across the world. Putting in the bibliography is still considered an act of theft. You need folk to come to you and seek whatever it is you are offering.