User blog comment:TenshiAkari12/deviantArt Lynch Mob has commenced... (*sigh*)/@comment-24343444-20140308163734/@comment-32500188-20140308183212

From the outsider looking in on this it feels like this is what happened altogether:

Person A: Posts download of TDA headset which breaks ToU (with no ill intent but still in the wrong)

Person B: Contacts Person A privately to let them know about the issue and that they'd report the download if it seems they're reluctant about complying with the rules for the model in question.

Person A: Explains that they didn't see an issue with it, since they did credit and posted part of said rules in post. (But seemingly did not express any intent on removing the content in the reply)

Person B: Quite possibly took the reply as a form of reluctancy, reports the DL post, but has no knowledge that Person A has two previous strikes for past offenses.

Person A: Gets locked out of dA account, posts about the situation on tumblr blog, which unintentionally called in the lynch mob, and as a result made people feel like they needed to post hate towards Person B on both the blog and on Person B's account blaming them fully for the ban and being a "suck-up" for doing the right thing.

Person C: A friend of Person A, acts as a mediator to both sides, explains that Person B actually is legit and had the right to make the report to A, and that Person A would have gladly removed the post if further explanation had been made to clarify to B.

In the end:

Person B: Agrees to get with dA admins to remove strike against Person A, as getting them banned was in no way their intention.

Person A: Agrees to remove the content once able to access account again. Requests that people at least follow through and stop hounding Person B for what was done.

Lynch Mob: A few select people still haven't gotten the message, and are still harboring ill will against person B regardless of the request.

(I know it's still kinda long, but that's the gist of it from my personal point of view.) v(・-・)v