Agreed that APIC should be going to the host after all attempts to contact the webmaster directly from APIC has been exhausted. Then and only then should APIC go to the host and the host can contact the webmaster.
As far as any sponsor siding with APIC and doing ANYTHING to a webmasters account without any proof crosses lines myself as a webmaster sees as shady and after a chat with my attorney tonight ILLEGAL.
I guess I will sign up for topbucks and then get ahold of some "borrowed" content. I have an attorney drooling over this one. And yes he has read all the TOS's involved.
Allison up till now everybody has spoken highly of you and your program. And 95% or more of the webmasters on this board believe in keeping everything legal. But I must say you did your program a great diservice today by publicly announcing that this is your company's position. I strongly suggest you go back to the board of directors and fix this policy or I have a feeling you will see a sharp slowdown in reputable webmasters dealing with your company.
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JFPDude