It's not flogging a dead horse, because the horse isn't dead. The longer the situation goes on without signs of change, the more people get angry, and the more angry people get. I'm not one of the handful you (guest) says keep bringing it up, but I'm angry about it and wish something were done.Refraining from discussing the matter will not make the anger go away. What will make people shut up about it is for something positive to be done. As far as I'm concerned, until that happens, people will and should voice their opinions. There may be someone who hasn't heard about this.
As far as I'm concerned, it must be an artiste's worst nightmare that he be rendered incapable of performing and his previous material, and income, is deliberately witheld. It's just my opinion, but this seems nothing short of evil.