Here's an amazing followup on this story... the guy was only an affiliate promoting these sites ( still scum I know but...)

"Batty operated a free United States-based website which featured videos and pictures obtained from some 50 websites to which he provided links.

He operated from his Auckland home and enticed people to pay to join those websites, which paid him a share of the subscriptions.

Batty told Department of Internal Affairs inspectors that for two years he had received at least $2000 a month in commissions.

He had faced prison sentences of up to one year on each of four distribution charges and fines of up to $2000 on each of 18 possession charges"

FULL STORY

It just goes to show that affiliates are seen as equal to webmasters when it comes to content promotion, at least as far as this court was concerned.

What's your take on this? What do you guys think?