Your seemingly simple question is actually a cutting-edge legal question. My
bet is that you should be fine---they will unlikely pursue it further once you
do as what you were told. I assume they have no reason to believe that you are
a deep pocket or you benefits a lot commercially from this act of “linking”.
Now that you have removed the link, their purpose has been achieved. Filing a
lawsuit against you will cost them more money and few people loves to face off
in the courtroom. Most people s