Pretty much, yes. Posting links is one thing, but asking for them is literally asking to pirate, and developers don't take kindly to that. But as long as they don't complain about the links, it's all good.
However, when they do, it means potential legal repercussions for this forum, and the admins and mods have enough on their hands already, getting sued is the last thing they need. That's why you get banned for link requests indiscriminately, but not for posting links yourself - but as I understand, all links WILL get removed at the developers' request without any discussion.