Originally Posted by js_nice_guy

It's a loss for AEBN, losing the new traffic coming in, yet still paying for someone who is now linking to hotmovies or another vod site.

VOD companies can't pay out 50%. Although they can, and do, pay more then 20%. AEBN has always had a default lower then anyone else. They've been around the longest and don't need new affiliates. Any large affiliate with AEBN gets more than 20%.