Projo Biz Blog

A version of Scrabble, Scrabulous, has caught on big-time on Facebook, the immensely popular social networking site.

The program, based on the board game sold by Pawtucket-based toymaker Hasbro Inc., was introduced this summer. It now has more than 20,000 users, according to a small item in The New York Times' business section.

The only problem? The creators of Scrabulous, two software developers in India, never got permission from Hasbro to create the online game. According to the Times, "they wrote to Hasbro to make sure they were not engaging in copyright infringement. The brothers say they never heard back from the company."

How long until Hasbro figures out how to spell lawsuit?

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