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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
There are file storage sites that require paid memberships to download; it's very possible that someone other than the site owner gets a cut.
Ad revenue based on hit counts is possible for any site with memberships, although I doubt a download page, even a very popular one, that can't be openly advertised is going to get enough hits for that to be financially useful. (The site hosts, however, are often ad-supported.)
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This is conjecture about the way things
could work. I'm asking for actual verifiable evidence that at least one 'pirate' site operates on financial incentive.