Well, many would understand that RSS feeds and autocontent are one and the same. And it has nothing to do with stolen content. If done correctly (link the RSS feeds to where these are taken from - the original sites) one will NOT get banned from the search results, nor whatever else was mentioned in this thread.
I am amazed at this forum in general, about 50% of offers here are for things that will get you banned from google, there must be a massive turnover in gullible people willing to risk their adsense account to make a few quick bucks. Its not worth it if you are in this for the long term. Trying to scam google will only get you banned. Read this article in forbes showing how google detects scammers. forbes.com/technology/2007/09/13/google-shuman-fraud-tech-cx_ag_0914google.html
Trust me people when I say that none of my RSS feed blogs has been banned - EVER! And I have many of these - PR 3, PR 4 and PR 5's. Not only, but they have kept their PR for an year and more. And I also don't get it why do you mention scams, scammers and whatnot. The reason why I have been gone for 3 months from this forum is the huge amount of negativity, and bad talk - manners etc. This thread is getting worse and I am off of it.
I just want to clarify here: When we use the term "banned" in this thread, are we speaking of having your site dropped from the serps or are we referring to having your adsense account closed?
I am talking about GA = Google Adsense. I have not heard ONE case where a user has been banned from the program because their site is auto updating. MANY MANY MANY users on this forum use this method... including the VERY popular BANS websites (Build a Niche Store) ... including myself. BANS uses RSS feeds from ebay, etc to build a store... so auto updating. Iv been using this for well over a year and NO BAN to date!
I think that at least Google forgives these sites cause also it earns (and more than the webmasters) with adsense...