Originally Posted by Gerco

I for one hate my content being used in any way without my consent But an interesting argument came up on page 3 of this thread, where the affiliate was complaining about being about to compete with the tube style site, or the "deal the site may have made with the producer of the content. Bitching about the producers going and uploading promo's directly etc... interesting to me. Since as it stands right now, the affiliates in most cases are making more of the sale to a site membership than the actual site owner is. As a site owner, if I can promo myself and save myself that 50% or more, I would be insane not to. The high revshare that many affiliates have come to expect is gotten out of hand in my book. Do I pay it, yes, I have to. I require traffic just like anyone else. But I'm I going to look for cheaper alternatives? you bet. I have to to even think about staying profitable. My profit is from the memberships only. You chop that membership fee up in affiliate fees processing business expense and it really leaves a VERY small margin. If I was a TGP owner, I would be worried about the tubesites also.