Tubes will not go away, deal with it. They are pretty good on being compliant, I've sent DMCAs out and within 8 hours all the said videos were gone (assuming you sent them a substantial case with proof).
If I own the rights to said videos, what makes you think you can tell me that I can or can not stream those videos for free online. There's no arguing that tubes have hurt paysites etc but there is no power in being able to rid the industry of them.
File lockers effect mainstream too, which means there is more people to fight along side with on that front and unlike tubes, they are almost exclusively illegal in regards to their conduct.
Rapidshare recently introduced an affiliate campaign (which just got removed) because they've been desperate to gain traction and had to fire 75% of it's staff:
Torrent Freak Article
Rapidshare is a mere shadow of it's former self.
There can be a lot of money in stealing from anyone who makes original content.
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To make lawmakers aware of these threats and to improve their image in Washington, RapidShare has already spent $260,000 in lobbying efforts during the first half of 2011.
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Rapidshare Lobbying Story
Not having your affiliate to do work for you, and more importantly, using them as an excuse to turn a blind eye to the content that they up load using the lame excuse that "it's unfortunate that some people choose to abuse our services."