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Titled ?It?s All About the Money: The ?Business? Model of Rogue Cyberlockers? the two page document gives an overview of the several affiliate programs some cyberlockers have in place. According to the MPAA these programs motivate users to share copyrighted material, thereby promoting piracy.
?Rogue cyberlockers aren?t just distribution hubs for stolen movies and TV shows ? both the users who upload content and the operators who run the sites can earn money from doing so. As Internet video traffic grows, the threat from rogue cyberlockers that profit from stolen content is rising rapidly,? the MPAA writes.
The ?fact sheet? continues with various examples of what the MPAA believes to be the clear promotion of copyright infringement. They thereby cite several of the descriptions of the affiliate programs that can be found on cyberlockers such as Putlocker, Fileserve, Bitshare and Uploading.com.
?Rogue cyberlockers feature ?affiliate? or ?partner? programs that pay uploaders cash for every thousand downloads of uploaded files. Putlocker.com exhorted users to ?get paid for uploading good content that people want to see.? Uploading.com promoted the ease of earning money by uploading files: ?Now every time someone downloads your file you earn up to 2 cents. Relax and watch the money flow!??
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Could it be that content piracy and copyright infringement are bankrolling AVN?
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