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Hasbro Using DMCA on Facebook Game Apps

Posted by Zonk on from the bit-of-overkill-dont-you-think dept.

Boggle Addict writes "Rather than participating in the online gaming market, Hasbro is suppressing it with litigation. Scrabulous, a Scrabble imitation, is already fighting to prevent being shut down. Today, Hasbro sent out DMCA notices to other apps on Facebook, including Bogglific, a Boggle imitation. Copyright law has has always held very limited protections for games. This may be opening a can of worms for Hasbro.

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  1. Oblig. by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't tase us, Hasbro.

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  2. Re:Sounds like... by CSMatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nope. That's Parker Brothers.

  3. Re:Sounds like... by Kuukai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like Hasbro wants to have a Monopoly on word games. Yeah. If they aren't careful they might find their feet caught in a Mousetrap, with a proverbial Twister of counterlitigation headed in their direction. Boy, then they'll be Sorry. Their Battleship is pretty much sunk, man. They just don't have a Clue...
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  4. Re:Which game would be most challenging naked? by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    most people on here only play strip solitaire.

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  5. Re:Sounds like... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ooh, ooh! L-Lemme try.

    Yeah, the CEO might lose his Yahtzee!

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