There is way too much drama on The CB for something that is no big thing. Continue to make pins, just don't make them with Clay's full name or his image. I think there are alot of good, creative people out there and it is obvious that you are enjoying this. I know I enjoy each and every pin I design and sell. I have not made one penny out of the 7 pins sold. More than $1,000 was raised for The Salvation Army Katrina Relief, more than $600 (and climbing) for UNICEF and our group was able to complete our fundraising goal by adding the final $1,000 and we donated a Fun Center! If this is so horrible, I must really need my head examined! The first 2 pins I donated all the postage and the manufacturing costs. The other 5 pins were very heavy and I paid the difference between what I charged for postage and what it actually cost to ship. So you see. All we pin designers are not evil people who are praying on the Clay Fandom. We are Clay fans who, for the most part, were attempting to brighten days by releasing a new design. We find our designs through our love for Clay Aiken. We do not design our pins to hurt him.
I have not used Clay's full name nor his image. I have used sillhouettes and artists' renditions. But the pins would have been good without them as well. So I am simply concentrating on fun pins which, in no way, infringe upon Clay's Copyright protection.
And I, too, would put that C&D letter right up here in my Clay Clack Room!