Who does this guy think he is? Contact his lawyer about making you put images back up? I think I agree with DioBach. If they are hotlinking, introduce them to goatsie and two girls one cup.
Sometimes it amazes me how confused people can be.
LOL, “it took me a long time to find images I liked”… yes, but it took the original guy longer to get them all together, re-size them and upload them into a design. Around where I’m from, we would call this guy a kook.