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Note to Hasbro: Piss off Scrabulous players, you get hacked

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. ...full story at digg

from digg on Wed, Jul 30 2008

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24 Jul 08 visit 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...
16 Jan 08 visit Hasbro Using DMCA on Facebook Game Apps  »  slashdot Boggle Addict writes "Rather than participating in the online gaming market, Hasbro is suppressing it with litigation. Scrabulous, a Scrabble imitation, is already fighting to prevent being shut down. Today, Hasbro sent out DMCA notices to other apps on...
31 Jul 08 visit 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...
25 Jul 08 visit Lawsuit spells trouble for Facebook's Scrabulous  »  the register (uk) 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.…

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