Well, since we have an international shit show going on. I might as well put my two cents in. I myself, have not once released any actual models to the site because of things like this. The ripping, stealing, etc. Now, we can all of course point fingers and narrow it down to who did what, who said what, etc. I do feel like the moderators can do something if you legitimately care enough. But choose to stay out of it so you don't picked on by the people continuing to rip, steal, etc. The solution that comes to my mind first is of course to ban the people doing what they're doing. you obviously know who, and if you don't by now you must be Patrick Star. There is a huge disruption among the whole community, people are beyond pissed, banning the people causing everything is the logical choice here, it settles everything, you can ip ban them, whatever it may be.
What my post is all boiling down to is this. The ones leaving the lcpdfr site, will not be coming back. Trust me when I say that, they won't. I myself included, although all I release here is dev parts, I still don't want some little a*hole that is in with all the other little children using my stuff as well as the 30 something year old adults that act like little children and cry over everything, and make podcasts on YouTube for the whole 10 people audience and get laughed at by the other 40+ viewers... oops, went to far. But anyway, no one is coming back unless something is done plain and simple. Myself and numerous others preparing to leave as well.
Fix your shit lcpdfr 🤷♂️