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  1. Re:funkitron scrabble is better than cdrom version by yeremein · · Score: 1 · on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro

    I don't know why he didn't just call it e-xwords or something like that.

    If you look at the bark letter from Hasbro, you'll see that the board layout itself is copyrighted. I suppose if e-xwords used a different board layout, it might be okay--but only if Hasbro's laywers don't claim to have a copyright on methods and concepts a la SCO. (Patents can cover methods and concepts, but any patent on Scrabble would have expired decades ago.)

  2. We're being greeted at e-scrabble.com by antispam_ben · · Score: 1 · on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro

    And just in case the minimal text-only page at that site STILL gets slashdotted, I reproduce it here:
    -----
    greetings, Slashdot readers.
    Due to a huge number of visitors coming in from the site Slashdot.org, e-Scrabble games are temporarily unavailable.

    The article in question is here [the /. article you're reading].

    The cease-and-desist page is here.
    -----
    There's a few older "this site is offline for maintenance" messages in the source for that page that I've thoughtfully left out.

  3. What e-scrabble.com looks like right now: by antispam_ben · · Score: 1 · on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro

    "e-Scrabble be back in 60 seconds.
    A server upgrade is in progress."

    I've hit reload a couple times in the last few minutes, so it's taking a bit longer than 60 sconds. I presume this is a protective measure, to prevent getting a serious slashdotting and some big bandwidth bills.

    Good news (for all who want to read it), this link with the cease-and-desist letter still works:
    http://www.e-scrabble.com/desist.html

  4. E-Scrabble? by JonToycrafter · · Score: 1 · on Online Gaming for Couples?

    I play E-Scrabble with friends that I don't live near anymore. I play at e-scrabble.com since it's not "real-time". It has a chat box, and while it works fine for someone you talk to a lot, it's REALLY good for folks who you wouldn't talk to every day anyway. I actually use it to keep in touch with my now-married ex-girlfriend. We used to talk maybe once a month, now we can stay in touch every day, in a "low emotional investment" sort of a way.