Originally Posted by RawAlex

Actually, I have suggested in the past that some of the companies that are very blatant about shaving, giving privilege to certain affiliates (such as permission to spam, permission to use toolbar installs, etc, against ToS of the program), or that have engaged in marketing methods that limit an affiliate's ability to make money (such as, say, buying zango popups over affiliate traffic) leave themselves open for a rather massive class action. Essentially, the class could be up to and including ALL program affiliates.

Some programs have taken pretty big risks, and I suspect that the end of the affiliate program model will lead to some pretty nasty lawsuits.