What disturbs me about this article is that the guy in question, Steven E. Lipson, appeared to be nothing more than an affiliate. From the way this all sounds, if any of the companies you are or have been involved with as an affiliate do any illegal activities through their business, you are held accountable as well. I could see where the justice department could have a field day with this.
Imagine if a person working for webpower (i.e. one of the thousands of camgirls) met a customer through ifriends. During this meeting they talk about having sex. Said customer turns out to be a cop. Webpower is ACCUSED of running a prostitution ring. All records are seized, including affiliate accounts. How many webmasters could be indicted?
This may be far fetched but, then again, it may not.
