A world where the true author of software(or anything) can't get it taken down when it has been stolen isn't great

What? He can. He even told us how to do it: hire a lawyer to draft a letter demanding it's removal.

Yes, that costs money. Welcome to the adversarial legal system in the Western world. But he has a path if he wants to take it.

Personally I much prefer this over GitHub unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.