Facebook fans lost for words in ‘Scrabble’ row

Office workers and students may have to look for new ways to procrastinate, because one of the world’s most popular online games could soon be shut down. The makers of Scrabble, Hasbro and Mattel, have asked Facebook to remove Scrabulous, a popular version of the game, from its website, because, they argue, it infringes their copyright. About 600,000 users play the game online every day. In a statement, Mattel said: “Letters have been sent to Facebook in the United States regarding the Scrabulous application." Some Facebook users posted the contact details of the toymakers on a message board, urging fans to inundate them with complaints in an effort to get the decision overturned.

Facebook fans lost for words in ‘Scrabble’ row technology.timesonline.co.uk Sun, Jan 20, 2008