David, you're basically arguing that, because it was weakened, you can presume it doesn't apply at all. Commons supposedly operates under the precautionary principle. This really shouldn't go out the window because you don't like the law in question, and, had you bothered to read the link in question, you'll see that, long before I came here, I was having extreme abuse hurled at me over simply asking for credit for my work. I didn't decide to pull the images on a whim.
Perhaps you should review the original discussion I linked.
In any case, Commons isn't getting my files while this policy is in place. Maybe I'll contact some universities or something, because, you know, if I didn't think I had a right to sweat of the brow copyright, I'd have happily waived it. But if I'm supposedly evil for claiming it, and no attempt to actually show that the fact that sweat-of-the-brow has been fully overturned by the UK is being made, just claims that AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL SHOULD BE THE ONLY COPYRIGHT THAT MATTERS! USA! USA! - then, frankly, I don't feel any need to help you out.