A message to all other blog owners

Whilst running a download blog myself might not put me in the best place to call out people on their morals, running one for profit is simply wrong. It places you in the position where you stand to benefit from the exploitation of others, and although that is the system upon which capitalism is built, it is not a positive thing. A music blog should be to broadcast music to the world as a whole, something which the artist could potentially benefit from, as those who download music are also more likely to buy music.

This 'making money' includes, but is not limited to:

• Putting third-party ads on your blog (aside from the advertisement which is generated from your posting of the albums) - this includes Google Adsense and all similar programs, or even advertising companies which one has found themselves.
• Using filehosts which pay users for their files being downloaded (it just so happens that these tend to have a poor free service) - again, this includes, but is not limited to, Filesonic, Fileserve, Oron and Wupload. LinkBucks also falls under this category. I am fine with Rapidshare's scheme which allows you to get points towards premium membership with downloads. Some of the good filehosts I've found (best to worst) are Megaupload, Mediafire, Zippyshare, Hotfile, Rapidshare, and Depositfiles.
  
• Sponsored reviews, unless clearly labelled as such. This should be pretty self-explanatory.
• ASKING FOR PAYMENT FOR LINKS TO ALBUMS. This is simply disgusting.
• Requiring subscription to a paysite for downloads, and asking for people to use your referral code.

Also, in general, if a blog has its own domain name, it is fairly sure that they are carrying out at least one of these practices.

I will not name any blog in particular. You know who you are.

Comment on what you think of this, and tell me if there's anything I've missed off.