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Hasbro Attacks Fabulous Scrabble Clone

Posted Jan 12, 08 6:00 AM CST in Business,  Technology 

(Newser) – Hasbro, maker of the classic board game Scrabble, is moving to shut down Scrabulous, a widely popular—and virtually identical—online knockoff. It's currently the ninth most popular application on all of Facebook, with 2.3 million users. Scrabulous’ developers estimate their app brings in about $25,000 a month, about which Hasbro is none too pleased.

There is currently no official online version of Scrabble, though video game giant Electronic Arts has secured the licensing from Hasbro. The two brothers who created Scrabulous are already working on a response to the impending threat of litigation: “We’re trying to work out some kind of deal,” one commented.

Source Fortune Magazine

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Scrabulous' creators hope to work out a deal with Hasbro to avoid being shut down entirely.   (KRT Photos)
Scrabble is popular across the world, but there is currently no officially sanctioned online version. (AP/Photo Robert E. Klein)   (Associated Press)
Scrabulous is the ninth most popular application on Facebook.   (KRT Photos)
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