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Will Facebook Cave on Scrabulous?

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

This morning the BBC reported that Facebook has received a letter from the Hasbro and Mattel lawyers requesting that Facebook remove the application from the platform. Requests made to the Scrabulous team directly failed in immediate action so now Hasbro and Mattel have taken the issue to Facebook. ... Continue reading »

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  • Zvi Band

    1 year ago

    You'd have to think why they would shut it down. Obviously they see Scrabulous being a very popular game on Facebook, and a great marketing tool, breaking the idea that Scrabble is just something we play with our grandparents :-).

    Could it be they've built their own Scrabble Facebook application, and want to get rid of Scrabulous to clear the way for it? Or is this their tactic to buy Scrabulous at a lower price than they would otherwise?

    I hope its one of those two, and not just shutting it down without providing any alternative, going the way of the RIAA.
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  • Greg Lorriman

    1 year ago

    I think it is more likely that they were initially delighted by the popularity of scrabulous, but didn't see the expected increase in sales, rather the reverse.

    Also keep in mind that some laws require that you act to protect your interests or forfeit your claims. The Lawyers may have got back to them and told them they had to act or potentially lose scrabble itself.
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  • Chris Nolan.ca

    1 year ago

    A trademark has to be protected or lost.
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  • Intan

    1 year ago

    Its about time that all the copyright infringement that goes on in Facebook is finally starting to be addressed!
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  • Jonathan Kleiman

    1 year ago

    there is no other way of looking at it... this is moronic. A whole new generation was about to embrace scrabble... and instead they will shun it. I doubt anybody who played on facebook and hears the story will ever buy a scrabble game again. Screw you too, hasbro.
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  • Weezie

    1 year ago

    Mattel and Hasbro should focus on the toxic, lead-painted and ill-designed toys first and then when that's all squared away, work on these 'infringement' issues.

    Not like these guys need any more negative publicity.
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  • Ilya

    1 year ago

    What a bunch of idiots, don't they realize that Scrabulous is actually making their board game more popular, largely with a whole generation of younger people who may have never played it otherwise? I went out and bought a real Scrabble board after playing a few games of this on Facebook, as I'm sure others have done. Maybe it's still not too late to return it.
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  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    The argument that they should buy Scrabulous is shortsighted. Every single one of their games would then be replicated on Facebook, looking for a hefty exit. It's not sustainable. They are preventing a potentially larger infringement issue.
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