Interestingly, Val's views have generally been similar to ours. Here are a few recent posts that may be of interest:
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...40#post3094140
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...13#post3081013
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...-Recent-Events
Unlike Nietlich, Val is generally a good person. When the MOTU comic went under (predominately because of Mattel's intervention) Val tried to ensure that everyone involved was paid, at expense to himself (rather than going the @#$*hole Pat Lee direction.) Although it has only now come out that one person who was not fully paid was Emiliano Santalucia, the artist:
http://santalux.blogspot.co.uk/2012/...he-manorg.html
That would be a reward. No, they could legally demand anything that's part of Mattel's IP has to be removed from the site. Which is most of the site.