My rant about some of the important reasons we need PMA.
"I’ve been debating whether to blog the stuff that came up last week at the Internet Retailer Conference IRCE 2008. A record breaking 5,000 people in the eCommerce space attended, including some of the biggest eTailers out there. A large majority of these companies have affiliate programs.
Around 400 merchants attended a session that was essentially
“a 90 minute rant about what scum-bags affiliates are.”
(See more choice quotes from the IRCE below) "
Scum-bag Affiliates and Skunks - Tales from the IRCE 2008
It's long but there are some important points.