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Originally Posted by Martin3
I talked to Steve about it the other day over icq before it became a big deal on the boards, and he mentioned it was all because of one guy with a tawny stone site that was using it to promote other sponsors. This obviously isn't a good thing but I feel it may be a bit of an over reaction on Lightspeeds part to stop allowing it because of a few bad people. It would be a bit like pulling all FHG's because of CJ sites.
So, if other affiliates that like to use domains for free site/seo work could weight with their views, Steve states his concerns, and everyone can stay civil about the matter we might actually get some where. The way the other thread was headed it wasn't likely to accomplish much I thought a fresh start was in order.
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Maybe there's still more to it? Wouldn't it just encourage more people who already have the domains to promote something else or park them instead? Once they discover Steve doesn't want to pay them if they promote his sites with the names anyway. I'm not sure I follow how the policy discourages anyone from anything except promoting LS sites.
I do understand there are a lot of variables to consider and don't envy him the catch-22 it poses.
Where can a compromise exist? Maybe he can have part of the affiliate agreement include the forfeiture of any domains containing Lightspeed girls upon termination from the program and forbid the use of these domains to promote anything else.