That certainly doesn't seem to be the case. We have had devs who were rather post-happy (for a dev, anyway) until the release of the Xbox version. I don't think they submitted each of their posts' contents to LA for approval before posting.
I know. I'm not debating the possibility that OE might need permission from LA to release an official patch. That doesn't account for their absence from the tech support forums so far, for example. I just hope they're too busy addressing all the issues to waste time here.
I'm not suggesting that OE should get into legal trouble with LA for this. But I find it somewhat funny that all of you are here defending OE when it's ultimately them who made the very bug ridden game you complain so much about. I mean, did they include you guys in their payroll and forgot about me?
Huh? Surely you are not suggesting that because I wasn't forced to buy the game, I'm not entitled to a finished product worth what I pay for it. Because that's exactly what it seems you're suggesting.
No. Haven't you been reading? There have been instances of unofficial patches, not endorsed by publishers. User made mods happen all the time, and their authors don't get sued. An unofficial patch works much the same way. As I said, it's been done before and nobody got fined.
Really, despite all of this, I would like nothing more than to be proven wrong by one of the people in green. I don't see it happening, though.