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...suit, Hasbro alleged copyright infringement, pointing out that Scrabulous used the same colors as the classic Scrabble board and mimicked it in many other ways. The Agarwallas contended that many sites have knocked off Scrabble over the years and that the game is virtually in the public domain at this point...
After many months of doing virtually nothing, Hasbro, maker of the board game Scrabble, finally moved today to shut down a hugely popular, rogue Scrabble website. The giant game company filed suit against the creators of Scrabulous in federal court in New York City Thursday morning, asserting copyright infringement and demanding that the counterfeit game be immediately taken down...
...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...
...Agarwallas have argued that Scrabble has been copied so many times in so many different ways, by other websites and board games, that the copyright no longer applies. Reached at home earlier today, Jayant Agarwalla declined to comment...
...Class of 2008 dinner two days ago, parents debated copyright issues as students nearby speculated about Rowling’s next project, Tatar said, adding that the writer has “cross-generational appeal...