Yes, this is true, it's old news. There was some pretty bitter arguing about this on these forums when this happened, and these forums lost some of it's members. Ever since, the activity on these forums has diminished (so it seems), but it could be, because of the winter slow down too (which is a normal annual happening here.)
But yes, it's true. However, nothing more was said after that. I think the damage is already done and the dust has settled. It's good to leave sleeping dogs lay now.
If your world has not been impacted by this, then it probably never will either.