Comments on: 'Scrabulous' gets a nip-tuck, returns as 'Wordscraper'

Changing the name, altering the look of the board, and adding some new play options just might be enough to keep Scrabble parent company Hasbro from claiming the Facebook app is a rip-off.

[gsmiller88]

Quite the creative name change if I do say so myself, but now what happens to scrabulous.com? It appears as though wordscraper.com is registered through GoDaddy, but there is currently no website at the address.

[sanenazok]

I imagine there's going to be a transition period. As part of the lawsuit the Indians will have to stop using scrabulous, for sure. That will point to hasbro's version in the next few months.

[sanenazok]

Duh! This is what they should have done from the very beginning. Hah, changing the product now essentially is an admission that they had no right to use the official scrabble features, appearance, and name. Get ready to settle with Hasbro with $$$$$.

[unknown unknown]

I am not sure it's an admission so much as a way to avoid getting DMCAed off Facebook and any other hosting based in the U.S.

[ikramerica--2008]

And the two brothers will find that people don't want to play "wordscraper" as much as they want to play Scrabble- I mean Scrabulous. Which will only go to prove that Hasbro had a valid Trademark case, and that the brothers were using the similarity to Scrabble to confuse the public into believing their product was somehow related to/endorsed by the Scrabble people.

[unknown unknown]

There is no way to truely tell whether people will want to play it until it's given time the in market. Though this publicity and enraged Scrabulous fans certainly isn't hurting. This lawsuit should have made it abundantly clear to even the most dense individual they are not associated with Hasbro, and people still want to play it. At least a 40,000+ strong Facebook group would seem to indicate as much.

[unknown unknown]

Seems like a marketing failure on Hasbro's part, they made no or little attempt to make an online game out of Scrabble. Had they been more proactive they could have cut Scrabulous off and had it's fan base for themselves.

[disco-legend-zeke]

BATTLESHIP?
its a paper and pencil game that goes back to when i was a puppy... and that is a heck of a long time ago.

Disco Legend Zeke

[Harrison912]

Scrabulous or Wordscraper makes no difference to me. I'm not on FaceBook for the games.

Social marketing my safety and security products is why I'm there. Raising awareness for the need to stay safe is important and connecting with the people around me builds trust and authenticiy. Two things that are effectively done on a social platform

No games for me!