Facebook pulls Scrabulous

 

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 30 Jul 2008 at 10:42

Facebook has pulled Scrabulous from its US and Canadian sites, following legal action from Hasbro.

The social networking site took the action in response to a lawsuit filed against Scrabulous creators Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla.

In the suit Hasbro claims the game is "a clear and blatant" infringement on its copyright and demands it be removed from the site. The suit also seeks unspecified damages.

Though Scrabulous is still available to play in the UK, where the rights are held by Mattel, users in the US and Canada are being met with a message informing them that the game has been disabled until further notice.

Scrabulous has been enormously successful since launch, and now features around 500,000 users.

Facebook has declined to comment on whether the application is likely to pulled in the UK.