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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. Re:Which game would be most challenging naked? by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I like playing "strip go fish" with my friends (caution: the linked journal has prostitutes and drugs, you filthy minded pervert)

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