Content Producers / Programs - A serious question

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

A program that protects it's content as best it can and works with it's affiliates in their common best interest is likely to keep more affiliates and make more money. A program that allows their content to get ripped, distributed, and abused with the hope of getting a couple of free clicks pretty much lower the value of thier sites. It's a harder sale at that point.

The problem is most content is not worth protecting. If your content is unique and special you have to protect it. Today most content is not and it's just more filler content produced for a price. The programs at this end of the spectrum see sign ups from stolen content as free traffic.