I knew someone that refused to upgrade the programmer's workstation precisely because it would have been a big leap in performance compared to what their costumers used the software on.
Needless to say the program was very fast even on weaker hardware.
Good observation, never thought of it. It's like some people already said: if libraries came after copyright they would say it's communism and publishers would sue everyone
That's it actually, all sites that allow it like danbooru, gelbooru, pixiv, etc. Have a clause against photo realistic content and they will remove it.
They are being human, they want to protect their fellow humans from a violent dog breed that is disproportionately responsible for owner and family deaths.
I personally think if something is in pre-production you shouldn't announce it at all.