There are two major issues at hand.
The first is the RPCs and their respect for each other.
When you throw a bunch of incredibly different personalities into a bowl and start mixing them, the sugar and the cinnamon mix beautifully, but when you start mixing the sugar and the salt, it does not work to well.
What we need here is not a Code of Conduct, or a set of rules for them to follow, but a sense of a team. I am not aware of exactly what RPCs do, but from what I know, they are meant to be their own sort of living Guide. A mentor of sorts. But that does not seem to be working.
Something needs to be done about this... Perhaps they get together and write up an event? Or an rp with each other? Something that they can have fun with. They seem to have forgotten what it is like to be a player, and what made them RPC material...
As for Amoran and Akasha.
Akasha. I hate to say this, but you are not dealing with this as it should be dealt with. I like you. You are awesome! Buuuuut... you have a problem with dealing with situations in a controlled manner. You get irritated quite fast. I don't know how you deal with the majority of issues that arise(like LHO issues), but the ones that I know about were handled quite poorly. I am not saying this is how you react to every mail, question or irritation... but this one has not been done so well. I know that when someone trashes something your husband has worked his life and soul into, I would get extremely upset as well, but you have to think about it rationally and not deal with it on impulse. I am sorry if this offends you but this is how I, and I am sure a few others, see it.
Amoran was given this idea that Mur is trying to manipulate us all through experiments and what not. He is. So am I. Everything I say has an intentional response. Mur is doing the exactly the same thing as every other company. For example, why make the colour scheme warm colours? Why not neon colours? It is pleasing to the eye, and therefore it allows the players to want to come back, not avoid it. This is called marketing and research. Every company does it. What was wrong here though, is that Amoran tried getting a lot of people to believe in her. I am not sure if this succeeded or not, because I am no longer "in the loop" of the going ons in MD. So, I am guessing it failed.
What she did was wrong, does it deserve a punishment? That is not up to me to decide. Should she retain her spot as RPC? I do not think so. She tried using her spot as RPC in an extremely negative way. Loss of that responsibility is a must in my opinion.
The art thing, it is a religious symbol used long before Copy Right laws. I am sure if he was selling the image to people, then the situation would have changed. But, as far as I am aware the image is being use solely as decoration and not much else.
Akasha, once again, I am sorry for saying what I said, I may be TOOOOTALLY wrong about it and this may be an isolated case, but I am not trying to trash you or anything. Just trying to help.