A little token action would be much better than what you (and the rest of the AFF
pace) are doing in each of these threads.
Everyone with even basic intellect knows that it would be impossible to check every affiliate against every other affiliate on a quest for perfection and I don?t think that anyone has asked for that. However, you have to be profoundly delayed to harbor the idea that the community does not see where AFF's loyalties lie.
I entered into this topic with an objective perspective. I am not an AFF affiliate and I am not an AFF hater. Each message that I read from the AFF camp however, drives me closer to the popular opinion that AFF's concern extends only as far as the profit will allow.
I do not know if SpaceDog is an AFF affiliate and I have not seen the site(s) in question. What I do know is that if AFF stepped up and took some proactive (read: SUPPORTIVE) action that demonstrated some compassion for what the smaller programs owners go through it would be a huge public relations gesture. Standing feet-in-the-mud and refusing to move until pushed is not winning friends and attracting new affiliates.
I can see that what AFF does is ethically wrong. The larger webmaster community can see that it is deleterious to everyone's efforts and AFF knows on some level that their policy is wrong. What would it take to get AFF to take just one independent step toward eliminating a fraction of the scammers and thieves that profit from stolen work through the AFF program?
Let me make this suggestion, for an observation of a problem without a suggestion for change is simply bitching; Pledge 10 man-hours a week to proactively pursuing the content thieves and scammers and then post a list of those that were removed. I bet you a cool tasty beverage that such action will be met with accolades and praise.