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The glory days are long gone, that's why there are referred to as such. File lockers, free content and tubes are not the only reasons those days are gone, let us not forget the get rich quick billing schemes, card bangers, shitty member areas that haven't been updated since 1985.
However with the file lockers and such being killed off, sales will definitely increase, especially for those programs who proactively search out for and keep their content from being given out in full on tubes/torrents/forums ect... That and those who specialize in micro niches or offer unique content that isn't offered on 100 other cookie cutter pay sites.
By killing off the piracy business model, there will be a large number of seeders/uploaders who will no longer take their time to upload and provide the content as they are no longer getting paid by the file lockers for doing so and providing links/traffic and upgraded downloaders. It wouldn't surprise me if a large number of 'affiliates' were the ones uploading the pirated content themselves.
As for your discovery of 100 sites with the same content, same text and same looks all pushing the same thing, hopefully google slaps them down and makes them irrelevant. This is something I have been guilty of myself and I'm currently working on a rebuild of my network using all hand written, unique updates and working with programs to get unique non saturated content samples to use. It's a slow process, but as I see my traffic, click thrus increase monthly, even if only by a small %, I know it will be worth the time and effort. My worse mistake ever in this business, was letting my personal network sit dormant for months.
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