There were discussions over Gator, maybe not in this joint, and they were successfully sued several times.
Bitching? wow... You should read Ben Edelman's site if you really want to get in tune with things. It's not just an ad, it's much more and morphing(as all these scumware companies do) every time they get busted doing shady things.
Do you like to pay a 1.00+ per click only to have some sphincter from somethingsexyplanet steal those customers? I guess you could call it the cost of doing business...............
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/180-affiliates/
http://www.benedelman.org/news/112006-1.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=856