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Originally Posted by FightThisPatent
amazon could certainly offer them enough to just buy the patent out and do what they will, if prior art can't be found to refute what we all to believe a no brainer copycat from adult biz.
Fight the counteroffer!
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you are correct. The affiliate program was creation of adult business first. I remember almost to the day how affiliate programs came into adult world.
I was listening to the radio, Bloomberg, aroung May of 1996 and I heard report that Yahoo was charging Procter and Gamble 5 cents per click thru on their banners. I e-mailed Al Hadhazy and offered him to pay COTAC 5 cents per click instead of fixed weekly rates. Everybody were happy for a week, 'til his and my counts started drifting apart. To make the long story short,
he launched his first affiliate proggy in August and paid per click.