Thanks for taking this issue seriously! I think Wavetoys arguments are very valid indeed and boils down to 100% fair play for the affiliate authors.
I must say its very refreshing and motivating to have you around the forum Collis, maybe you can stop by more often in the future? 
No but seriously some extra authoritative presence on the forum from time to time is really needed in some more complex issues I think. Would help with minimising lost communication travelling upwards in the system and speed things up, all for the greater good.
Collis if you have some available time this week (no pressure 
), please feel free to check out AJ related topics which fits the This isn´t fair/We need to solve this box. But more interestingly these topics contains some pretty great and simple suggestions on how to increase Envatos revenue, improve customer experience and raise the quality of AudioJungle:
https://forums.envato.com/t/broadcast-licenses-yet-again/195659/88
https://forums.envato.com/t/idea-for-search-algoritm-update/205457
https://forums.envato.com/t/ajs-search-algorithm-is-not-sustainable-the-popular-files-list-is-going-stale/204329
Thank you so much for your time! (And sorry for the off topic Wavetoys, I will leave not elaborate)