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Scrabulous Returns To Facebook, As Wordscraper
porcupine8 writes "Good news for those that have had a hole in their heart (and Facebook profile) since Hasbro forced Facebook to remove Scrabulous over copyright and trademark issues. The creators of Scrabulous have wasted no time in tweaking the game and have launched a new tile-based game called Wordscraper. In addition to changing the name, they have changed the board look so as not to directly copy the colors, etc of a Scrabble board, and have even made provisions for players to create their own board layout! Interested Scrabulous fans can add the application now. Only time will tell if the changes were extensive enough to keep Hasbro's lawyers at bay."
Meh, now Hasbro is going to be mad. Not only you get more points for making Scrabulous when compared to making Scrabble, now you can get even more by making Wordscraper!
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Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
Scrabulous = 14
Wordscraper = 19
A better choice of letters in more than one way.
or ABCFHKORSU would be far superior names...
The name only has one 'p' and it's from the word scrape, as in "I need to scrape this Hasbro from the bottom of my shoes.", not scrap, as in "Hasbro has always been the bottom of the scrap heap."
I read Slashdot for the headlines, because the headlines, unlike the articles, are usually original and never duplicated
...or am I the only one, this far down in the comments, to initially see "words craper" as the name of this app? Reminds me of the guy who named Titslinger who invented the bra.
Nobody, just like Shakespeare and The Odessey. A basic familiarity with the law might help you here. Nobody ever filed for or was granted protection on those items, and if they had been, they'd be several thousands of years expired by now.
That is just insane. What about the ancestors of those great authors and game creators. Why shouldn't they have the right to protect their forefathers creations and make sure that they aren't misused, not to mention profiteered on.
I hereby suggest a slight change to the copyright law. How does an even 10000 year retroactive copyright law sound. I think that is a nice and even number that should adequatly protect the rights of the creator and his progeny, while still being constitutional. Copyright ensures that the work of art stays in control of the family who actually created it, instead of being stolen by the lazy pricks in society.
Anyone who doesn't agree with me is obviously a thief and not worth debating with. Have a nice day.
- A righteous fighter for fairer (stronger) intellectual property rights
Disclaimer: The above doesn't represent my opinions. Any resemblance to common pro copyright arguments is likely intentional. I have no intention at devaluing the parent post, and it was only choosen because of the nice quote.