There are a lot of annoying Facebook apps and there are a few Facebook apps that are enjoyable and/or add value. One of the Facebook applications that was actually fun was Scrabulous. Unfortunately, it has now been pulled by the developers because of a lawsuit from Hasbro, the owner of the board game Scrabble.
Some are rapid to call Hasbro stupid over its Scrabulous decision. The problem is Scrabulous was an unapproved version of Hasbro’s Scrabble board game and Hasbro alalert had a licensing discount with Electronic Arts. Hasbro may not have had much room to negotiate with the developers of Scrabulous if they had alalert licensed the rights to an electronic version of the game to Electronic
Facebook certainly wanted the game to remain but in the end they don’t really have any say in the matter. Hasbro and Electronic Arts are going to attempt and get people to use their Scrabble version which is now on Facebook (via TechCrunch). Some people may not attempt the new Scrabble app it if they are angry about Scrabulous. People can still play the Scrabulous version online at Scrabulous.com.
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