Hi Decar!
Thank you for sharing. I'm surprised this has been happening recurrently.
I imagine people who love the artwork would like to have an original or a high resolution image in good faith... This may not always be like this.
And you are right. This type of requests may put Ms. Pätzke in a very uncomfortable situation. The same happens with Carcassonne Central if someone is using the forum as a leverage to obtain those assets.
I hope this does not happen again.