Do you have any more details of the court cases, Tigerbatics?
I don't see how logging hours can amount to compensation because it would make illegal any flight with passenger(s) who already pay their maximum share permitted under the PPL cost sharing rule.
The logging of the hours would amount to additional compensation which would breach the limit.
Anyway, what are logged hours worth? They are worth exactly nuffink unless one is working towards an ATPL or something similar.