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...spokesman at Hasbro said the company expected that figure to rise as it debugs the game over the coming weeks. "The No. 1 priority for Hasbro has always been to offer fans a high-quality, legitimate version of Scrabble to play on Facebook," said Mark Blecher, general manager for digital media and gaming at Hasbro. "We think true Scrabble fans are going to want to play the authentic game, the one like the board game they have at home...
...Blecher said he expected that Facebook - which he said had been notified before the suit was filed - would comply with Hasbro's order to scrap the app. Scrabulous was still up by late morning P.T.; a spokesman said Facebook would issue a statement shortly...
...general manager said he also believed that Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, the developers of Scrabulous, would comply and pull their knockoff version from the Web. Blecher said Scrabulous is in obvious copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is enforceable in the U.S. and Canada, and that Hasbro has also sued for damages, attorney fees and profits from Scrabulous. Despite earlier stories suggesting that Hasbro was negotiating with the Agarwallas and that talks stalled when the brothers asked for too much money for Scrabulous, Blecher said Hasbro has consistently declined to negotiate. "Hasbro never contacted the folks...
CIDA, which was started in 1999 by Blecher and three others, emphasizes practical entrepreneurial skills and grants a single degree, an accredited Bachelor of Business Administration. Instruction is conducted by relevant professionals; PriceWaterhouseCoopers representatives teach accounting classes, for instance...
CIDA’s students come largely from rural areas, and nearly all live in poverty. The demand for places at CIDA is huge—10,000 to 15,000 applications are submitted annually for 400 to 500 seats, according to Blecher...