I wouldn't put it past Criterion jumping at an opportunity to grab a distribution sub-license deal for the silent L&H if given the opportunity under reasonable cost circumstances. They grabbed the Chaplin and Lloyd films when they became available, after all, and one has to think that the...
Excellent news! I bought the UK set not too long ago, which will be good to have because of the silent films, but I'll gladly buy this set to have them NTSC (no PAL speedup) and from better HD source.