No, his stance on transactions that stem from head-fi have always been to help as best he can, but not to get legally involved. (To oversimplify -- he can correct me if he wants.) That's what this amounts to, essentially. And as Nate said, that's not to say that he doesn't have any pull, and it would be good of him to give Mikhail a call, and..."Yo, WTF?", but he certainly does not need to, as KG said.