Legal and copyright issues Lexulous
a game in progress on facebook
scrabulous faced legal issues due resemblance scrabble along similar name. copied board layout, rules, , @ 1 stage number of tiles. these issues forced removal of game facebook in mid-2008 , eventual rebranding. rights scrabble owned within , canada hasbro, , throughout rest of world mattel.
according anthony falzone — head of fair use project @ stanford university — copyright laws not allow freely copy particular expression of idea. in article in wall street journal, jamin brophy-warren has said hasbro inc. has refused comment on legal matters, while creators have mentioned informing company site. former scrabulous website made several references scrabble, , provided link rules of scrabble , promoted best place play scrabble online.
it reported hasbro made attempt acquire scrabulous in january 2008 undisclosed sum in range of $10 million. game had been generating advertising revenue of on $25,000 month agarwalla brothers, refused sell application hasbro, instead requesting multiple of $10 million. reported agarwallas had been looking other potential suitors willing pay higher premiums.
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