It depends on how that 404ing was done. If the sites were sent to a pure 404 page, most link sites were pretty much accepting of the fact. However, some people saw it as a chance to redirect sites to sponsors or into mousetrap situations, and I know that if I saw that, the domains were banned, not just removed.
If you have names and domains, bring them on. Just a wild suggestion that this happened to "someone else" isn't really helpful.
Alex
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