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Scrabulous returns as Wordscraper

August 1st, 2008  |  by zittrain  |  published in Facebook, Web 2.0 platforms  |  Comments Off on Scrabulous returns as Wordscraper

document.domain = “futureoftheinternet.org”;The makers of Scrabulous have apparently relaunched it as “Wordscraper,” a word game that can support a variety of rules, and whose tiles no longer look so much like Scrabble’s. Players can themselves set the rules to simulate a Scrabble game — but that would make the infringement that of the users rather […]

Facebook removes Scrabulous, sort of

July 29th, 2008  |  by zittrain  |  published in Facebook, Future of the Internet, Web 2.0 platforms  |  1 Comment

The NYT is blogging that Facebook has removed Scrabulous.  Trying to get there through Facebook shows: Scrabulous is disabled for US and Canadian users until further notice. If you would like to stay informed about developments in this matter, please click here. The app is apparently doing IP geolocation to see whom to turn away; […]

Will the ax fall on Scrabulous?

July 27th, 2008  |  by zittrain  |  published in Facebook, Future of the Internet, Generativity, Web 2.0 platforms  |  2 Comments

In 2006, two guys from India came up with Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game that took off only after it was transformed from a standalone Web site into a Facebook app.  Hasbro, holder of the Scrabble trademark in North America, noticed, as did Mattel, holder of rights elsewhere, and asked them to take it down.  They […]

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