Replicas: No Longer an EGL Debate?

So, I've been terrible and have stayed off of the EGL LiveJournal page for a bit (Actually, I have been offline quite a bit, sorry lovelies), and I was surprised to see this giant banner when I got back:

ANNOUNCING THE BAN OF ILLEGAL COUNTERFEIT ITEMS ON EGL

In Layman's terms: The ban of all Print Replica Discussion on the EGL LiveJournal

The full announcement can be found here.

So, what does all this mean?

1) EGL admins had been contacted by an undisclosed brand 's representative. The brand asked that all discussion and sales of replica items be banned on the EGL LiveJournal. This is happening.

2) All print replicas are banned from both sales and discussion. No Silent Moon, no Masquerade Theater, No Pastel A La Mode, no Sugary Carnival, no original print replicas. No selling and no buying replicas over the EGL sales comm.

3) Want to have a photoshoot with a replica? That's okay, just don't bring it up.

4) This ban does NOT include any non-or-generic-prints, shoes, bags, etc, that do not have a brand's logo on them. Just because a floral-print a-line dress was released by JetJ does not mean you cannot sell a floral print a-line on EGL sales. 

• The point about easily-identifiable shoes and bags has been brought up, like the common knockoff of Angelic Pretty tea party shoes. The admins have clarified that as long as it doesn't have a faux-Brand logo, and it has no characters of the brands, it is okay. MEANING: no AP Pony, no Usakumya, etc.

My Take On It:

This is the sort of thing I have mixed feelings about. I am a "larger" girl - marginally - so certain brands are hard for me to fit in. For example, MmM is completely out of the equation for me, as are JetJ and AATP is hit-or-miss (thank you, bust). The perk of replicas is that, though I do respect the artists, I can fit in a replica and at least feel as though I am owning a dream print.

But I also stand strongly for the artists and brands that put so much into their prints. I don't know - I don't buy prints often enough, nor do I particularly care. But I've toyed with the idea of buying replica.

What are your thoughts, my lovelies?