This secret meeting in Amsterdam is something I was unaware of and glad I did not know of.
My feeling is that affiliate programs are there to help the affiliates make money and it is only common sense that the affiliate will be putting in greater marketing efforts for the program which does not screw them out of commissions.
I will never work with a program which cuts the affiliates commissions as this is just bad business!
On the other side if all the programs continue to cut affiliates out of commissions it can be only better news for my program http://www.gcmoney.com as affiliates will start to promote GC Money properties more as we have no plans to cut affiliates out of any commissions!