Comments on: Scrabble sues Scrabulous http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:13:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-635124 Reader's Write Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:34:01 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-635124 Come on, how many word games using a "board" are there? Millions. Probably at least half are scrabble ripoffs. How can anyone copyright the alphabet, or making words from letters? I think Hasbro & Mattel are latching onto the litigation income bandwagon. Come on, how many word games using a “board” are there? Millions. Probably at least half are scrabble ripoffs. How can anyone copyright the alphabet, or making words from letters? I think Hasbro & Mattel are latching onto the litigation income bandwagon.

]]> By: Hippie http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-632508 Hippie Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:26:13 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-632508 " Hasbro should have licensed or bought Scrabulous. " That's pretty much what they are doing now, except in such a way that they don't have to pay anything for it. And they call downloaders thieves. The difference is they are acting under color of law. ” Hasbro should have licensed or bought Scrabulous. ”

That’s pretty much what they are doing now, except in such a way that
they don’t have to pay anything for it. And they call downloaders thieves.

The difference is they are acting under color of law.

]]> By: Rekrul http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-630242 Rekrul Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-630242 I think both sides have made mistakes in this. On the one hand, Scrabulous IS a blatant copy of Scrabble. On the other, Hasbro had no intention of making an online Scrabble game until someone else showed them that there was a market for it, so it's not like Scrabulous was taking anything away from them. Hasbro should have licensed or bought Scrabulous. I think both sides have made mistakes in this. On the one hand, Scrabulous IS a blatant copy of Scrabble. On the other, Hasbro had no intention of making an online Scrabble game until someone else showed them that there was a market for it, so it’s not like Scrabulous was taking anything away from them.

Hasbro should have licensed or bought Scrabulous.

]]> By: Hippie http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-629167 Hippie Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:41:25 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-629167 Of course, If Hasbro or Mattel had bothered to create this for facebook ( they had no plans to do so ), they could have been reaping the benefits all along. Now, they no longer need to pay any developement team to create it. They will simply sue this one out of existence, steal it , and profit from it themselves without having amy of the developement costs ... a neat business model. leave a market segment empty. Wait for someone else with vision to fill it. sue them out of existence using your coroprate resources claim it for your own :) The Corporate way. Of course,
If Hasbro or Mattel had bothered to create this for facebook ( they had no plans to do so ),
they could have been reaping the benefits all along.
Now, they no longer need to pay any developement team to create it.
They will simply sue this one out of existence, steal it , and profit from it themselves
without having amy of the developement costs … a neat business model.

leave a market segment empty.
Wait for someone else with vision to fill it.
sue them out of existence using your coroprate resources
claim it for your own :)

The Corporate way.

]]> By: Wise Startup Blog http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-628677 Wise Startup Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:17:58 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16498#comment-628677 <p>I normally would side with the entrepreneurs on cases like these, but for some reason I feel no remorse for the Agarwalla brothers. Having never played Scrabulous, and just by looking at the image on this post, the game is a blatant ripoff of Scrabble, no ifs ands or buts.</p> <p>These guys deserve the lawsuit and should pay Hasbro and Mattel their due settlement. The Agarwalla brothers should have done what every other Facebook "pioneer" has done and build a ridiculously stupid, meaningless application like throwing sheep and call it a day. Yes, they made a product that has garnered 500k users, but that's only because they ripped off Scrabble.</p> <p>Hell, I've got a great idea for a game, it's called Riskless. It's a game of world domination, where players compete to control the world. I'll built it into a Facebook app and then put ads on it and make money. And please don't bring up the Monopoly "spin-offs", they're either licensing the copyright or blatantly ripping off Parker Brothers.</p> <p>Agarwalla brothers, come on, be original, use your programming genius to develop something of your own.</p> I normally would side with the entrepreneurs on cases like these, but for some reason I feel no remorse for the Agarwalla brothers. Having never played Scrabulous, and just by looking at the image on this post, the game is a blatant ripoff of Scrabble, no ifs ands or buts.

These guys deserve the lawsuit and should pay Hasbro and Mattel their due settlement. The Agarwalla brothers should have done what every other Facebook “pioneer” has done and build a ridiculously stupid, meaningless application like throwing sheep and call it a day. Yes, they made a product that has garnered 500k users, but that’s only because they ripped off Scrabble.

Hell, I’ve got a great idea for a game, it’s called Riskless. It’s a game of world domination, where players compete to control the world. I’ll built it into a Facebook app and then put ads on it and make money. And please don’t bring up the Monopoly “spin-offs”, they’re either licensing the copyright or blatantly ripping off Parker Brothers.

Agarwalla brothers, come on, be original, use your programming genius to develop something of your own.

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