agreed, people definitely need to be given credit some how. I am surprised when I sometimes see some of the top posters here on steemit not crediting their sources. I also agree it would help if their was a mechanic in the system that helped make it easier to cite sources, It takes me a surprising amount of time to cite all of my sources with each article I write.

Yeah I think they should be called out. Yeah I think should earn their "slice of the pie".

Neither do I, but this should be approached as more of a morality thing that we should address and then the legal aspect will also be fixed at the same time.