LOL — yeah, I guess my reviews are popular among thieves. :tongue:
Some affiliate managers (like Renee from Rewards) close or freeze the account on the spot. Others have contacted the offending affiliate, although I don’t know what they say to them.
Thus far I haven’t had any managers switch the tracking to me, but I do believe that would be an appropriate thing to do — especially if the affiliate refused to remove the copied content. Simply closing the account means that 100% of any revenue generated in the future (if the links still worked) would go to the affiliate program instead of to the creator of the content.
My current approach to theft is (1) contact the offending webmaster, (2) name and shame on CAP, and then (3) point affiliate managers to the thread so that they can take action. As of right now, I have just finished the naming and shaming. Next, I’ll be PMing and emailing affiliate managers. 