I feel like cropping it for the white space is OK the original was a square but doesn’t really fill it and this might have been deliberately so because of the original platform (e.g. Instagram)

But explicitly removing the signature IN the panel? Nope. That’s exactly that.

Nope, I don’t “take credit for their works”

But you do in a sense, by removing their names and reposting the content.

How could you see so many people concerned and/or upset about this and not get the message at this point?