Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks

I may be the stupid one.. but why aren't we as content providers offering rewards to webmasters/affiliates for calling out illegal activities with our content?

I personally would rather reward someone for protecting my stuff and being on my side. Shouldn't Fleshlight be overjoyed that someone is bringing something to their attention? Shouldn't they (we) make that very public... make it public that they were rewarded .... hell, all that money that is cancelled on an inappropriate or illegal affiliate should go to charities in the name of the affiliate.. they should get a cut of it (following a 3rd party investigation).... they should have their affiliate share increased...

Enough actions like that and no one will want to advertise except through the proper channels.

Oh yeah... and we as a community need to stand up and sue the fuckers en masse that steal our stuff (that includes the affiliates that place our content in areas against our TOS. You signed up for my rules.. you don't like it.. then don't agree to the contract). If it's hosted outside the US and they are carrying illegal or stolen content, their domains should be blocked by the federal government across the US. We do have laws for stuff like this... maybe not specifically, but now is the time to have them created. We all pay taxes, we all help to fund our government.. it should protect us from the scum that is hurting us.

And yeah.. I do feel that Fleshlight, if they are paying for advertisment at these sites, are supporting thievery. If they don't shut down their support and even their payments to affiliates it's as good as saying they condone it.

What percentages of your sales come from the US and the EU??? for most people it will be above 75% and more like 90%... I would venture to say that hosting anywhere in the world, but using stolen content to sell to persons in the US or the EU places you in legal jeopardy. We can't chase down the hosting, but we can sure as hell find a way to get the domains stopped broadcasting and delivering in the US and EU. The government may not like the product we sell, but we absolutely have political power when the numbers in this business are in the billions.

Come on guys (and ladies).... If we don't stand up together... we are all going to get fucked just the same.... no matter how big and strong you are (fleshlight, etc).