And predictable puns for journalists Toy omnicorp Hasbro is setting the legal dogs on Scrabulous, the Facebook-based Scrabble knock-off popular with timewasting desk jockeys worldwide.… ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Fri, Jul 25 2008
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Hasbro fires off legal letters over Scrabulous » the register (uk) Scrabble owner spells out copyright law to Facebook Hasbro Inc, which owns the US and Canadian rights to Scrabble, has asked Facebook to remove its online version "Scrabulous", Reuters reports.… |
| 24 Jul 08 |
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Hasbro Sues Makers of Scrabble-Like Scrabulous » slashdot Dekortage writes "As today's lawsuit indicates, Hasbro has apparently had enough of Scrabulous, the online word game remarkably similar to Scrabble. Filed in New York, Hasbro's suit is against Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, brothers from Kolkata, India, and... |
| 31 Jul 08 |
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Scrabble knock-off reborn as Wordscraper » the register (uk) More breathless coverage of Facebook board games The popular Facebook application Scrabulous may have been shut down yesterday in response to a lawsuit from Hasbro, but today it's been reborn as a word game designed specifically to appease the... |
| 30 Jul 08 |
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Note to Hasbro: Piss off Scrabulous players, you get hacked » digg EA, who developed the Scrabble Facebook app for Hasbro, reported that it had been maliciously attacked today after the news that Scrabulous had been shutdown. |
| 31 Jul 08 |
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Scrabulous Returns To Facebook, As Wordscraper » slashdot porcupine8 writes "Good news for those that have had a hole in their heart (and Facebook profile) since Hasbro forced Facebook to remove Scrabulous over copyright and trademark issues. The creators of Scrabulous have wasted no time in tweaking the game... |
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