Comments on: Scrabble clone: Hasbro sues Facebook

By: Ash

Ash — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:47:54 +0000

The problem is that IP law as it stands is rewarding “firstness” rather than quality. Scrabulous is clearly significantly better than anything Hasbro has ever produced. If it fails, the users suffer.

By: aydin

aydin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:38:50 +0000

hasbro should also sue that jerk who made a very poor copy of boggle on facebook. he just changed the name but stole the features of the official boggle game blatantly, just to make money.

By: Night

Night — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:13:44 +0000

ok i have a great idea ill copyright farts and everytime one farts ill sue them

By: curmudgeon

curmudgeon — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:12:38 +0000

wordbiz kicks scrabulous’s butt as an online scrabble client anywayz

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:18:42 +0000

You can only copyright the graphics and text explanations in board games.

All they had to do was change the graphics, change the triple word text etc and called it The Facebook Wordgame, and Hasbro wouldn’t have had an argument.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:33:49 +0000

You have to admit that Scrabolous is a blatant ripoff of Scrabble.

Regarding copyright law, its way too similar. Its not like Amazon’s 1 click patent where its so basic, that anyone could make it on accident.

This is like a band making millions off a cover song without paying royalty fees. And the people behind Scrabolous are making millions.

By: Poppa!

Poppa! — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:34:52 +0000

I’ve personally met the creators (brothers) of Scrabolous. It’s a nice game & they are really fine blokes. This drama has been going on for months. I give a damn about Hasbro and their sh!t of an alternative. For me Scrabolous is the real thing. Scrabolous is better IMO, all these FB users can’t be wrong.

By: German

German — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:27:06 +0000

Hasbro sues Facebook

Facebook sues Studivz

By: dead indian

dead indian — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:22:38 +0000

i have to say:
CORRECT!

By: adam

adam — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:14:48 +0000

ya, ok mr. super-programmer. Go create an online multiplayer scrabble game in 20 minutes. I’ll be right here.

By: munyabadi

munyabadi — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:43:35 +0000

It’s 10 minutes to implement scrabble. if you have a dictionary file.
+ 10 mins to do the server part.

By: Hmm

Hmm — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:58 +0000

… Thank you, staff

By: Hmm

Hmm — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:48:19 +0000

Rlslog staff: FFS will you DO SOMETHING about all the idiots who post off-topic posts? Look at this thread – 80% of the comments already are off topic. Ironically, including this one! But for good reason!

By: KCC

KCC — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:47:30 +0000

Damn these stupid letters…
d y s l e x i c

By: Hmm

Hmm — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:46:32 +0000

Well of course Facebook took the idea of Scrabble – but the difference is, they developed it themselves. I’m not a lawyer, but if new copyright laws mean that people cannot even copy IDEAS and implement them in new ways, then we are all screwed.

…saying that, why isn’t the inventor of the crossword puzzle or wordsearch suing everybody?