Then where is the problem?
If just a little basic SEO can make you immune to the scrapers ill effects, there is no problem at all as far as I can see.
Every SEO, Designer, or Web Promoter worth their salt has been saying the same thing for years, build a good site for the users and you will rise in the SERP… So why should we make a fuss about a few Webmasters that have not been following this advice and have left their sites open to attack (for lack of a better word) from scrapers?
But the fact is, that if your site is not a “trusted” site, the scrapers can and will hurt your site.
See I don’t agree with this, just build good sites and you will be OK. I have seen too many good sites get destroyed by creeps like this. So I like to take a more active roll when someone attacks me or mine.
I think someone once said the best defense is a good offense, I agree with that.