In the circumstance, I think the ObiWolf situation, I sincerely believe the retention is causing far greater harm to the creative community than the courtesy removal would to the free culture community. And it looks terrible for us.
It's worse than that.
This situation does not make us look bad, not really, not yet. It has potential, but I doubt it will materialise. If it did, I am absolutely confident that the images would be taken off in the swift and decisive action that is appropriate in this case. The point is precisely that in the absence of media attention, the community is as a whole incapable of taking such appropriate action. We act in narrow self-interest, not in the best interest of things and people in general. -- Rama