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It's certainly wrong. Whether or not it's legally wrong depends on the specific circumstances.
Unfortunately this happens a lot on the internet. I've put out a lot of content at various points, and invariably it winds up reposted somewhere, often without credit or under the credit of someone else, sometimes even by bots who just index keywords and posts. I'm not sure if it's avoidable.
However, having a basic license can give you a little bit of leverage for more serious instances of this. I never bothered to battle the bots, but I always use a Creative Commons license, the limitations of which are usually that there must be an attribution, and that I don't allow commercial use. It's not necessarily going to stop someone from doing it, but if it's worth your time to fight, you have some ground to stand on.
I'm not sure, however, if this applies to things like reviews posted on someone else's site. You probably would have to follow a different course of action in this circumstance. You could contact the webmaster and find out.
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