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NEWS ABOUT: Scrabulous

Scrabulous stories: 10 news summaries

 Biggest Jerks
 of 2008 

Nickelback, Sarko, and a TV character all incur the Guardian's wrath

Dec 14, 08 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - As a tumultuous year winds down, the Guardian asks the question on everybody’s mind: who are 2008’s biggest douchebags? A selection:
  • Nicolas Sarkozy: “Good God, man, will you put her away just for a second?”
  • Sarah Palin's advisors: "What you need to do, Sarah,
... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Mattel • The Wire • Scrabulous • Sarah Palin • Best of 2008

 Facebook
 Y-A-N-K-S
 Scrabulous

Popular Scrabble clone unable to withstand legal pressure

Jul 29, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook took down the wildly popular ‘Scrabulous’ this morning, PC Magazine reports, following a legal attack against the game's creators by the rights holders of Scrabble. The site finally folded to pressure after receiving a takedown notice from Hasbro, as well as Mattel, which owns international rights to the... More »

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Facebook • Hasbro • Mattel • Scrabble • Scrabulous

 Hasbro Sues 
 Scrabulous,
 Warns
 Facebook

Game maker says unsanctioned online version must go

Jul 24, 08 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of Scrabble say Scrabulous must go. Hasbro today sued the creators of the online knockoff, which is wildly popular on Facebook, and warned the social networking site to dtich the game, ABC News reports. No word yet on whether that will happen. Hasbro recently released its own online... More »

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Facebook • copyright • Hasbro • Scrabble • Scrabulous

 End of Scrabulous
 Finally Near? 

Facebook's official Scrabble application could oust popular game

Jul 8, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook users anticipating a goodbye to the site’s popular unofficial Scrabble game may finally see it happen when an official one comes out later this month. Hasbro and Electronic Arts are preparing the alternative to Scrabulous, which Hasbro says infringes on its copyrights. “We are keeping our legal... More »

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Facebook • Hasbro • Electronic Arts • Scrabble • Scrabulous

Facebook Apps Have Fans,
Need Money

Companies figure out how to profit from widgets

Apr 18, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook widgets have been wildly popular, but they haven’t always been wildly profitable. “The fascinating thing about widgets is it turns out that distribution isn't really the challenge,” says the CEO of VideoEgg, the developer behind Scrabulous and Flixster. "The question is how do you monetize... More »

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social networking • Facebook • Internet advertising • Scrabulous

Sellers, Fans at Odds Over Scrabulous

Companies debate legal action as 700K play online knock-off daily

Mar 2, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous is a hit online, but sellers of the original board game have cried piracy and may take their claim to court, the New York Times reports. Tens of thousands of Scrabulous players have threatened to boycott Hasbro and Mattel if they shut down the Facebook-friendly game, which... More »

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social networking • Facebook • Hasbro • Mattel • boycott • Scrabble • Scrabulous • board games

MySpace to Open Platform to Developers

Hopes to reap same benefit Facebook has--without the Scrabulous headache

Jan 30, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Following the lead of rival Facebook, social networking giant MySpace will launch the MySpace Developer Platform next week, giving programmers deeper access to its site--possibly including the ability to tap into MySpace user data, AP reports. MySpace already informally allows programmers to develop widgets for it, and hopes the new... More »

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MySpace • Facebook • platforms • Scrabulous • widget

Tonight May Be Game Over for Scrabulous

Creators scramble to make a deal as deadline looms

Jan 22, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Scrabulous—the wildly popular Facebook app based (without permission) on Scrabble—may have to fold up its board tonight. Hasbro and Mattel, which jointly own the rights to the board game, have set the deadline for the online game to either shut itself down or sell itself to Electronic Arts,... More »

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Facebook • Scrabble • Scrabulous • copyright infringement

Hasbro Attacks Fabulous Scrabble Clone

'Scrabulous' application wildly popular on Facebook

Jan 12, 08 6:00 AM CST
(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,... More »

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Facebook • Hasbro • knockoff • Electronic Arts • Scrabble • Scrabulous

Scrabble Players
Flock to Facebook

Scrabulous application attracts 500K daily users

Dec 17, 07 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The hottest application on Facebook these days is Scrabulous, based on the Hasbro boardgame. Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, a young brother duo from Calcutta, developed an online version of Scrabble in 2005. They put it on Facebook in June in the hopes of targeting 0.01% of the website's citizenry,... More »

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Facebook • Scrabble • Scrabulous • board games

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