Originally Posted by EliteWebmaster

One of my clients turned the tables on programs that scammed affiliates by not paying them or just disappear. He downloaded all of their content and started a paysite similar to theirs WITH THEIR CONTENT . It's poetic justice if you ask me. What's the program going to do? Whine and bitch on gfy that their former affiliate who they scammed turned around and stole their content? I think not.

Originally Posted by EliteWebmaster

I really doubt any judge would be sympathetic to a scammer affiliate crying in court that his affiliate stole his content. Well if they didn't scam their affiliates and running away with their money, they wouldn't have those same affiliates scamming them back by stealing their content.

In the case of my client, he made the money he was owed from the memberships he sold with the content he downloaded. Threats from the original owner has gone no where as many of you might expect. When a program owner consciously decides that they are going to rip off their affiliates, they are (1) without honor because there is a right way of doing business and the wrong way, they could have paid their affiliates instead of going into the wind. They chose the scumbag way, so no sympathy from me what happens to their content. (2) Most likely, they obviously don't have the financial means to pursue a protracted legal matter against the affiliate for stolen content, they might as well cut their loses and accept it.

So for all you programs thinking of or ripping off your affiliates and disappearing, it's a good reminder that there are always consequences for your actions, even in porn.

Don't want to see your content stolen? Then pay your fucking affiliates what they are owed.

Originally Posted by EliteWebmaster

Bottom line it will never go to court in most cases. Assuming for a moment the scammer program owner can afford a lawyer, how does the lawyer for the plaintiff argue that his client is the victim when his client committed wire fraud and theft by ripping off the affiliate??

If you want to take the position that the scammer program owner would be stupid enough to bring the matter before a judge, his name would be exposed and it opens the possibility of him being sued by not only the 1 affiliate but the various affiliates he scammed also??!

The scammer program owner would end up losing in the long run because once he drags it into court, his annomity is gone. A scammer is not going to do it! If he made the scumbag decision to rip off his affiliates, my point is he won't bring it to court knowing the legal fees itself will outweigh how much he ripped off the affiliates especially when he is fighting an affiliate from a different country hosting the downloaded content on offshore servers. Good luck with that not burning a hole in his wallet