Well, you kind of had to see this one coming. Days after taking Scrabulous down in response to the lawsuit from Hasbro, the brothers behind the game have put up a new game called "WordScraper" that is similar, but has a few different rules as well. The... ...full story at digg
from digg on Thu, Jul 31 2008
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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... |
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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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Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App Name Called Wordscraper (Amit Chowdhry/Pulse 2.0) » techmeme Amit Chowdhry / Pulse 2.0: Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App Name Called Wordscraper — Pulse 2.0 commenter, Adam Rinkleff pointed out that Scrabulous has relaunched into a new game called Wordscraper. This news comes... |
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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... |
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Facebook on Notice, Scrabulous Sued » digg After months of speculation, board game maker Hasbro has sued the creators of Scrabulous, an online game that the company claims copies its game Scrabble, and has asked Facebook to remove the game from its site. |
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