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

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

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:40:47 +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: Alfabetic » Blog Archive » Jugada Final: Scrabulous es Borrado de Facebook

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:22:08 +0000

[...] respecto a los desarrollos de esta cuestión, por favor haga clic aquí. Durante mucho tiempo Hasbro ha afirmado que Scrabulous infringe sobre sus derechos de autor de Scrabble. Hasbro licencia los derechos [...]

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

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:51:00 +0000

[...] of the most popular apps on Facebook. Scrabulous, which was developed by two brothers in India, was almost shut down earlier this year because Hasbro claims that it infringes on its trademarks. Scrabulous was in [...]

By: Endgame: Scrabulous Gets Wiped Off Facebook | NewsMeToday

Endgame: Scrabulous Gets Wiped Off Facebook | NewsMeToday — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:55:32 +0000

[...] has long contended that Scrabulous infringes on its trademarks for Scrabble. It licenses the North American digital [...]

By: The Danger of Relying On A Single Platform: Scrabulous « Kent’s Official Blog

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:16:15 +0000

[...] has long contended that Scrabulous infringes on its trademarks for Scrabble. It licenses the North American digital [...]

By: Endgame: Scrabulous Gets Wiped Off Facebook

Endgame: Scrabulous Gets Wiped Off Facebook — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:58:07 +0000

[...] has long contended that Scrabulous infringes on its trademarks for Scrabble. It licenses the digital rights for [...]

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 22:52:34 +0000

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

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:44:26 +0000

By: Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous

Official Facebook Version of Scrabble Spells Doubt For Scrabulous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:41:34 +0000

By: Game On: Zynga and SGN Battle For Social Gaming Developers

Game On: Zynga and SGN Battle For Social Gaming Developers — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:57 +0000

[...] behind the Superheros app (34,000 daily active users). The company is also trying to avoid the as-yet-unresolved fate of Scrabulous, a Facebook game that is being threatened to be shut down because it is a copy of Scrabble. Zynga [...]

By: We Finally Got Caught | Desi Manifesto Blog: The Forum for South Asian American Men

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:48:16 +0000

[...] While the app remained up on Facebook for some time, it looks like the lawyers are cracking down. Not sure when the app will be taken offline [...]

By: Scrabulous alternative

Scrabulous alternative — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:28:26 +0000

Check out the Scrabble Cube over at http://www.worldwinner.com.

It can fill that scrabulous-shaped whole in your heart.

By: Facebook’s Bogglific Shutdown « PB & Jenny

Facebook’s Bogglific Shutdown « PB & Jenny — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:25:54 +0000

[...] still want to be able to play it online. I also don’t understand how the Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous application can still exist, but Bogglific is gone. I figured I’d post my final standings [...]

By: save scrabulous

save scrabulous — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:10:56 +0000

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By: ol yeller

ol yeller — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:31:05 +0000

zynga used a backdrop of copyrighted boardgames for their press release. probably not their brightest PR move. that said theyre probably smart enough to walk the legal fine line and negotiate with the game makers at the same time.

By: Begdorf

Begdorf — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:09:02 +0000

Not sure if this is legit, but I just received this from a friend. This guy is apparently starting a new Marketing Co, here in Los Angeles… so you never know.

Title: Scrabulous Bites the Dust (here’s the inside scoop… we think?)

URL: http://brianzaf...n.com/blog/?p=3

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:35:41 +0000

Anyone play Literati on Yahoo games? It’s been around way before Scrabulous came out. It’s pretty much the same thing as Scrabble, except it looks different. Why doesn’t Hasbro target that too?

By: Board games rule

Board games rule — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:31:49 +0000

I hope hasbro wins. It is not right to make copies of intellectual property (game rules and looks) and cash in with it. The whole Facebook phenomenon on my opinion is just another shameless attempt at destroying the free nature of internet, and that is why I am no longer a member.

@ Miquel: I buy and play boardgames regularly, because they offer one thing their online versions dont: REAL interaction with my friends, you know speech with facial expressions, emotions, loose talk. And if you mention webcams I’ll smash your face

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:10:12 +0000

Hey…it’s still up!

Trying to get those last few games completed here. I am SOOO close to the leader board. Please, Hasbro, just give me another 30-45 minutes.

By: Larry Larrikin

Larry Larrikin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:25:34 +0000

@17 is absolutely correct when he said “As far as I understand the IP laws as they pertain to games, the way it works is that Hasbro/Mattel don’t own the idea of Scrabble. What they do have exclusive rights to is the name, as well as the look of it.”

There is no copyright on the game itself or the rules, just the look and design and the actual rules document.

So, in order for Scrabulous to avoid infringing, they simply have to change the design of their tiles, the value of the points per letter and the layout of the board. It wouldn’t be the end of the world, the current scrabble board pisses me off! And it’s not like real Scrabulous fans are going to be playing Scrabble anymore.

By: Jason Coleman

Jason Coleman — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:04:36 +0000

Yeah, I agree with Fred above. I’m all for patents and copyrights, but I don’t think they should last this long.

Mickey Mouse, Scrabble, Pac Man. We should be able to put them all together into a bastardization of a game/theme park/cartoon.

The idea is to promote innovation. There comes a time when these laws hinder innovation.

By: Sach

Sach — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:52:50 +0000

Leave Scrabulous alone…

http://tinyurl.com/yo7trr

By: Miguel Khoi

Miguel Khoi — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:44:08 +0000

@18 – Axel: Well said.

I hope this serves as a wake-up call to Hasbro to get their acts together and create online versions of their other board games. Who buys their physical board games anyways?

By: Axel

Axel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:41:26 +0000

Why is Hasbro not cornering the market in on-line social networking games itself? This has somewhat of a stink of the rights-holder having a lack of innovation. I mean, they have the money, are they asleep at the wheel for not being able to predict that their games, which have an obvious social component, would have an appeal to users on social networking websites?

By: Leon Kitain

Leon Kitain — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:14 +0000

As far as I understand the IP laws as they pertain to games, the way it works is that Hasbro/Mattel don’t own the idea of Scrabble. What they do have exclusive rights to is the name, as well as the look of it.

So in the example of Pacman, which had some of the most famous IP theft cases, the only one where they successfully persecuted was in the case where the Pacman clone used an exact copy of the ghosts from the game. Other clones, which had completely different art, even if the game play was identical did not suffer.

Seems like the only way that Zynga can be sued is if the look and feel of the game is too close to the Hasbro originals.