I found a post in Mod Actions. There seems to have been a problem over hotlinking pictures and bumping old threads. I am not sure if it's connected to either but a 14 day ban was mentioned. Should be over soon, though.
Nobody is going to get banned over hotlinking a couple images or resurrecting one thread. The "14 days" referenced in the thread wasn't referring to a ban, it was referring to the time component that needs to elapse before a new poster can use PM. (There is also a post component, but I believe the poster had already met that criteria.)
I am not sure how much I am allowed to discuss about these things, but I think I can say that, to the best of my knowledge right now, the ban is not a temporary one. Sorry.
We should probably get back on topic now...