I have been trading emails with this young man, praising his video and encouraging him to keep up the fight.
As for the 51 cents -- as long as they are willing to spend 44 cents in postage to demand payment, I think he should let them bleed slowly. Who knows how many other ridiculous bills they are sending out?
As for cost of courses, that is an oddity isn't it? For some I suppose there have been legal settlements in which some of the money has been returned in trade for silence.