See what everyone I think is so mad about is how Nintendo did this. I mean it was just so strange and random, and I think it just surprised so many people. Nintendo, iirc, has never done this. Yeah Nintendo has every right to do this, but the way they did, I think, is why people are so pissed off. I can see the reason behind it, but there's no logic. "Hey let's get our fanbase mad at us by making all the fansites take down BW images!" The reason they presented us is "that it would damage Nintendo." Please tell me how does this damage Nintendo? Really the only thing I can see it could damage is their pride, which is a false reason. To be honest, the only thing that has damaged them from this whole fiasco is their reputation.
Edit: Also, if it's because some of these were taken from roms(not all of them were) then I find it Nintendo's own fault. I mean they should of came up with a better anti-piracy then they put into these games. I mean it only took people a couple of hours to patch it, while it took the english HGSS a couple of days.