Good job, Phil. 
Indeed he has removed it. Since I have the account on that site, I decide to check it out. This is what I see now:
Blue Max is no longer available on Hexcell Games When I started Hexcell Games I contacted Phil Hall, the designer of Blue Max, to get his permission to use the game.
Phil first gave me permission but then reconsidered. Unfortunately I only recieved the "permission" email and not the "desist" email and proceeded on that basis. Unfortunate both because of the amount of time I sank into this project and because I now look like a complete jerk for continuing on without Phil's blessing.
Phil was advised that in order to protect the intellectual property of his game, and hopefully secure a deal to have it published in the future, he needs to control copies of it appearing on the Internet. I totally respect this, and have removed Blue Max from the Hexcell Games site.
I apologise to players that I can no longer offer the game to you.
For those interested I will put up a post on the development Blog explaining how this all happened.
Use this link if you really want to see it: http://www.hexcellgames.com/blue_max/index.php?tab=game&stab=list
I'll get Justin's explanations once he posts them. 
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