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e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro
Matthew Dull writes "Home-brewed e-Scrabble.com recently received a cease-and-desist order from Hasbro Inc., owners of the famous board game Scrabble. E-scrabble, home to over 100,000 active players, has been hosting up online versions of the game to happily addicted players for over a year now (maybe more), and only now does Hasbro come forth with a lawsuit. The creator of the site, known only as Jared, has posted the letter he received from Hasbro's lawyers. However common it may be, it always seems a tragedy when a big corporation stomps its heavy foot on a fledgling but very successful piece of web software that is close to many people's heart." (It's also the best online Scrabble game I've seen; Hasbro should pay Jared, not sue him.)
You're a fucking idiot.
Uh, it's Hasbro's property that e-Scrabble has copied.
No it's not. You're a fucking idiot.
Tell me again who's the party that's failing to innovate here?
A moment ago you said this was about "property", now you claim it's about "innovation". Get your ideas straight before you post please. You are a fucking idiot.
Hasbro is totally in the right here.
No, they're not. You're a fucking idiot.
It's their game, their trademarks, their ballgame, yet you and others here are painting Hasbro out to be the bad guys? Why?
"It's" not "their game". You are a fucking idiot.
For protecting what's its own property?
According to the article, eScrabble is not the property of Hasbro. You are a fucking idiot.
Let's play a game of word substitution for a minute. Let's pretend that "Hasbro" = "F/OSS developer", "Scrabble" = "GPLed code" and that "e-Scrabble" = "commercial/CSS developer". Now, imagine a commercial/CSS developer took someone else's GPLed code and ignored all relevant copyrights, trademarks and legal protections. Now whose side are you on?
This argument is so devoid of intelligence that I can only assume you're a fucking idiot. If you can't see the differences between "Hasbro" and "F/OSS developer", then you're an idiot. "Scrabble" is not "GPLed code". These things have VERY different attitudes associated to them. Besides, you're a fucking idiot.
The guys at e-Scrabble broke the law.
No, they didn't. You are a fucking idiot.
They know they did and you know they did.
This sentence is the exact reason that I'm calling you a fucking idiot. You're not only wrong in saying that they broke the law, and you're not only saying that you opinion of the law must therefore be also wrong, you wrongly assume that everyone must share your stupid and wrong opinion, because you are a fucking idiot. Die, idiot.
So don't make Hasbro out to be the bad guy because they've asked e-Scrabble to stop.
I like how you idiocized "asking them to stop" with "sending out a cease and desist" letter. You're so much of a fucking idiot, you don't know the difference between the two. Shit, you don't even realize that Hasbro had no business at all to tell anyone to stop jack shit, so fuck you, you fucking idiot.
Heck, Hasbro hasn't even taken legal action, it's politely (as politely as can be done in such cases where the law is concerned) asked e-Scrabble to just quit what it's been doing.
Jesus Fucking Shitfuck Christ of Fuck. You are a fucking idiot. You think that cease and desist letters are POLITE. Fuck you to hell, you traitor asshole. You are a fucking idiot. Die, idiot.
If they really were evil then they would be litigating right now, and demanding the shirts of these guys backs to compensate for lost sales (however fictional those lost sales may be).
Fuck you, you fucking idiot.
Hasbro has done everything right here.
If by "right" you mean "they swallow shit", then you can go be "right", too, you fucking scumbag piece of shit.
So far, it's done things by the book and it's done things in as politely and as amicably as it can, given the circumstances.
Hasbro has not done things "by the book". They suck, and so do you, you fucking idiot.
If you want to see an example of "if you can't innovate, litigate" then I suggest you check out RIAA and its friends.
You eat Hillary Rosen's ass, then you come to slashdot to say this. Fuck you, you're a fucking idiot.
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This is only "insightful" if you buy into the whole concept of ideas and concepts as "property." Information should be free.
Has anyone really ever been to this site and played this game except the author of t his blog? I mean, everyone is talking and complaining and discussing e-Scrabble, Hasbro and the FAT_ASS from Subway, but have any of your drones actually been to this site, or has it just been the way it is since this post? I mean, what better way to get someones attention then to LIE!!! You guys are a bunch of POD People.