Comments on: Facebook Asked to Remove the “Scrabulous” Game by Scrabble’s Rights-Holders http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Taylor http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/comment-page-1/#comment-10807 Chris Taylor Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:50:38 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-10807 Man, why couldn't somebody sue to shutdown FunWall instead. =P Man, why couldn’t somebody sue to shutdown FunWall instead. =P

]]> By: Wendy http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/comment-page-1/#comment-10769 Wendy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:28:08 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-10769 Argh. Whatever the outcome...please don't take away my Scrabulous. Argh. Whatever the outcome…please don’t take away my Scrabulous.

]]> By: look http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/comment-page-1/#comment-10765 look Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:23:06 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-10765 Ah, but an even better move is to sue them to reduce the value of their offering, THEN offer to buy them for pennies on the dollar. Ah, but an even better move is to sue them to reduce the value of their offering, THEN offer to buy them for pennies on the dollar.

]]> By: matt http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/comment-page-1/#comment-10764 matt Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:08:18 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-10764 My friend raised an interesting possibility; that Hasbro is looking for a way to get a relatively easy settlement from Facebook. He also thinks that Facebook will step in to protect the app instead of just dropping it because other Facebook apps could be potentially infringing in the same way. I disagreed for exactly that reason; once Facebook does something other than a Youtube-esque removal of potentially infringing content they are opening themselves up to a whole bunch of lawsuits. They have no upside to protecting Scrabulous because it won't make that much of a blip in traffic or ad revenue. We have a $1 bet riding on the outcome. Thoughts on who will win? My friend raised an interesting possibility; that Hasbro is looking for a way to get a relatively easy settlement from Facebook. He also thinks that Facebook will step in to protect the app instead of just dropping it because other Facebook apps could be potentially infringing in the same way.

I disagreed for exactly that reason; once Facebook does something other than a Youtube-esque removal of potentially infringing content they are opening themselves up to a whole bunch of lawsuits. They have no upside to protecting Scrabulous because it won’t make that much of a blip in traffic or ad revenue.

We have a $1 bet riding on the outcome. Thoughts on who will win?

]]> By: Jacquilynne http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/comment-page-1/#comment-10762 Jacquilynne Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:37:06 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-10762 It is a very short-sighted move. I'd have to guess I was probably about 14 the last time I'd played Scrabble (I'm 30, now). Then someone invited me to a Scrabulous game on Facebook. I now get together with 3 of my friends every 2 weeks for Scrabble night. Between the four of us, we've purchased 2 new Scrabble boards and a hardbound copy of the Official Scrabble Players dictionary since we started Scrabble Night in November. It is a very short-sighted move. I’d have to guess I was probably about 14 the last time I’d played Scrabble (I’m 30, now). Then someone invited me to a Scrabulous game on Facebook.

I now get together with 3 of my friends every 2 weeks for Scrabble night. Between the four of us, we’ve purchased 2 new Scrabble boards and a hardbound copy of the Official Scrabble Players dictionary since we started Scrabble Night in November.

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