Comments on: Hasbro Tries To Shut Down Scrabulous

By: Trademarks, Scrabble, Facebook, Scrabulous, Addiction, Withdrawal | SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:21:49 +0000

[...] Hasbro… the maker of the original board game.TechCruch reports that Hasbro served notice to Facebook to shut it [...]

By: Chess With Friends Longs For Push As It Taps The iPhone’s Network Effect

Chess With Friends Longs For Push As It Taps The iPhone’s Network Effect — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:20:40 +0000

[...] games going at the same time (visible in a scrollable list). The result is reminiscent of the massively popular Scrabulous Facebook app (now called Lexulous) that allowed users to play multiple turn-based [...]

By: MySpace Gets Serious About Games - GigaOM

MySpace Gets Serious About Games - GigaOM — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:52:29 +0000

[...] tons of competition. There are independents with their own web sites, those creating games such as Scrabulous for social networks, while large portals such as Yahoo have the basics, among them poker and [...]

By: Alfabetic :: Chinese » Blog Archive » Facebook的Scrabble Spells 官方版本S質疑crabulous

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:31:47 +0000

[...] Facebook現在很多迷霧。在今年年初經過許多的高調宣揚後，Hasbro 和 Electronic Arts終於準備在Facebook推出他們的官方版本的拼字遊戲。今天，他們宣佈， Facebook的app EA已經運行6個月以上了，並將在本月末推出，雖然在Pogo（EA的休閒遊戲網站）上的一個版本今天還可以用。 Facebook的拼字遊戲有個私人測試版（見螢幕下方帖子的末尾），但該公司還在測試它。目前尚不清楚是是該版花費這麼長時間。畢竟，這只是一個Facebook的應用程式，而不是一個像Spore一樣的全功能的視頻遊戲。現在也並不清楚Scrabulous發生了什麼，非官方版的拼字遊戲倒成為了Facebook上的一個最熱門的應用程式。 Scrabulous 是在印度兩兄弟的開發的，因為Hasbro聲稱，它侵犯了其商標幾乎使它在今年初關閉。 Scrabulous是與許多不同的公司進行了收購談判，包括Electronic Arts（具有國內針對數位版本的遊戲的序列號）以及Real Networks （它有國際數碼權利），但是每個人都對價格猶豫不決。 [...]

By: Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:45:42 +0000

[...] now has vaporware. After a lot of huffing and puffing at the beginning of the year, Hasbro and Electronic Arts are finally getting ready to unveil their [...]

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:19 +0000

[...] a lot of huffing and puffing at the beginning of the year, Hasbro and Electronic Arts are finally getting ready to unveil their [...]

By: AskTeens - Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous

AskTeens - Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:47:37 +0000

[...] now has vaporware. After a lot of huffing and puffing at the beginning of the year, Hasbro and Electronic Arts are finally getting ready to unveil their [...]

By: Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous

Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:37:55 +0000

[...] now has vaporware. After a lot of huffing and puffing at the beginning of the year, Hasbro and Electronic Arts are finally getting ready to unveil their [...]

By: As Tonight’s Deadline For Scrabulous Shutdown (Or Sale) Looms, Zynga Might Be Next.

Sat, 17 May 2008 02:55:50 +0000

[...] saga of Scrabulous is nearing an end. The Facebook version of Scrabble raised the ire of Hasbro and Mattel, which [...]

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:00:25 +0000

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By: Scrabulous - an awesome product-market fit

Scrabulous - an awesome product-market fit — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:47:58 +0000

[...] frequent breaks during the day to put down my “bingo”. With Hasbro’s recent demand to shut down the company, users have flocked together to show unprecedented support to keep the application up. The Facebook [...]

By: ROBERT

ROBERT — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:50:51 +0000

if its free people will play on line ,if there was to be a charge i wouldnt play it. now since its free it is free advertising for the toy giants and i will pay them and buy it for people who visit but for people far away its time together and there name is said and its a positive this legal bullshit has taken part that away.its a game put it back on and let things go as it was.look lets start a WAR over this. GGGRRROOOWWW UUUPPPP ITS A GAME PLAY IT

By: As Tonight’s Deadline For Scrabulous Shutdown (Or Sale) Looms, Zynga Might Be Next. : New Web 2.0 Magazine

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:55:34 +0000

[...] saga of Scrabulous is nearing an end. The Facebook version of Scrabble raised the ire of Hasbro and Mattel, which [...]

By: Missing Features » They Just Don't Get It

Missing Features » They Just Don't Get It — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:27:37 +0000

[...] Hasbro and Mattel aren’t pleased and are trying to shut down the application. As TechCrunch reports today, Scrabulous must either shut down tonight or sell itself to Hasbro at [...]

By: Michael ruggert

Michael ruggert — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:16:12 +0000

There is a company called adblade.com that is buying the scrabulous application from the developers.

By: Somewhat Frank

Somewhat Frank — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:39:28 +0000

Hasbro Should Just Buy Scrabulous Already…

Are you a Scrabble fan? Scrabble, the popular word game created by Hasbro and Mattel has been the topic of debate recently as an online alternative was created to operate as a Facebook application called Scrabulous. Scrabulous was created by Rajat Aga…

By: Maddy

Maddy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:19:42 +0000

I have bought a game of Scrabble. It’s still in its plastic because I have no-one around to play it with. Scrabulous allowed me to play games whereas otherwise I can’t.

I would suggest that only the makes of Scrabble (TM) know how their sales might have been affected by Scrabulous. I’d be interested to know what the effect, if any, was.

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:55:55 +0000

This sucks! My friends and I just LOVE scrabbulous! And I’ve been winning games lately. Bummer!!!!! And I wish Boggilific could be saved too.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:31:17 +0000

I have no quarrel with a company for wanting to defend its legitimate Intellectual Property. However, most IP does not last forever. Patents expire, copyrights expire. While trademarks can last forever, a trademark violation has only happened if a court agrees that that is what happened.

Too often companies try to abuse the IP protection system via bogus claims. For example, LEGO has periodically tried to claim that the shape of their bricks was part of their trademark — as opposed to their patents (which have expired).

This type of claim is, in my view, NOT a legitimate defence of IP but rather an attempt to claim as private, that which under existing laws properly exists in the public domain. In other words some IP lawsuits are in fact an attempt by a corporation or person to unethically steal from the public at large.

By: dottie

dottie — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:35:14 +0000

Hasbro has been so slow on the uptake that it is embarrassing. I’ve never been able to find a Hasbro-endorsed online version of Scrabble and , being somewhat of a Scrabble addict, I’ve looked. So while Hasbro has the moral high ground they get low points for business IQ. They should definitely buy Scrabulous.

By: I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog

I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:57:34 +0000

I like Scrabulous but Hasbro are 100% in the right, and I was wondering how long it would take for the shoe to drop.

The argument over whether it increases or decreases board sales is completely irrelevant. It’s up to Hasbro whether they want to make their game freely playable online or not, not random third parties. You don’t get to walk into the back of Starbucks, grab two armfuls of coffee cups and start handing them out free to passers by, then tell the store manager that “it’s ok, it’ll boost your sales”, even if it’s true. Their property, their decision.

By: Neil Sands

Neil Sands — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:44:34 +0000

@80
> Haven’t they made enough money off of me already? Does this not give me the right to play it when & where I want?

Of course it doesn’t. It gives you the right to use the things you bought. Nothing more and nothing less.

By: Dizzlexic

Dizzlexic — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:51:06 +0000

I have probably purchased upwards of 10 different Scrabble games in my lifetime. Scrabble, Travel Scrabble, even Franklin Mint Scrabble (A very expensive version with gold plated tiles, etc…)

Haven’t they made enough money off of me already? Does this not give me the right to play it when & where I want?

I mean really… another example of greed & big business… as if they don’t have enough money already… give me a break….

I’m now boycotting all Hasbro products and am going to sell my Franklin Mint edition…

By: Tommy Vallier

Tommy Vallier — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:11:08 +0000

Probably one of the silliest things I’ve seen.

My wife and I play Scrabulous all the time – and actually went out and purchased our first Scrabble board as a DIRECT result of the online game. Then we got a Super Scrabble board. And a Scrabble dictionary.

Hasbro wouldn’t have seen a cent from us had it not been for Scrabulous.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:56:23 +0000

If Scrabuolous get’s busted (hope not!) theres another site which I’ve discovered, http://www.betapet.com

Not as many people but very nicely done.