Wani did not ask Lusty Lady Project to shutdown, they made that decision on their own.
I won't argue about that, nor will I link to forum topic about it but emails/letters from a publisher are scary as hell especially when it's the first time you get one ( LLP), yes sometimes they won't chase it up because it's not worth it but it would have likely been pressure situation, always looking over your shoulder screwed if they comply, screwed if they dont.
Anyway before I start sounding like im being a grouch, an analogy would be to think of it like skyrim, great game/product, less than reasonable publisher, otherwise I'm really excited for this joint venture and hopefully I'll be able to buy some without shipping costs killing my wallet more than steam sales did :D