yea the switches are a bit odd, and i guess they were like that in 2007 too. hell if i can remember though, too many years of RS + several pservers i've played on, couldn't tell you if that's how they were xD
yea that happened a few days ago. as ricky and luke said, they renamed the server and changed the way it is hosted and loaded so that he can technically offer us the server but without violating any copyrights, as he is not tied to the server or its hosting.
it's quite obvious that he was guilty, but the defense was just stronger. same thing happened in the casey anthony case, and even the OJ Simpson case
it happens all the time, sadly