Hrm, this just seems like a stupid way to go about it. Yes, it is a gross infringement of thier rights, however, it is one of the most popular games/apps on Facebook. I know lots of people who play it. My girlfriend decided to add scrabble to her xmas wishlist after playing it on facebook and being reminded of haw good a game it is.

She got the deluxe version of the game under the tree

As I see it, the idiots are missing out. They could make a deal witht he writers gaining the majority (if not all/nearly all) of any profits made from teh game, and use it to link to thier product, re brand it as official and make MONEY through internet sales of the real thing.

Morons. Everybody is shoot first, shoot again.. shoot a little more & when everyone is dead, ask a question or two..

Reminds me of the Alberta Preimier - Domain name issue...

I think they will come to a financial agreement. It's in their best interests.

i love scrabulous on facebook. i understand their point, but i agree that it's in their best interest to come to an agreement.

Mattel claiming Scrabble as its intellectual property is ridiculous. It bought the rights to Scrabble from Hasbro, which bought it from Coleco, which bought it from Selchow and Righter, which bought it from James Brunot, who bought it from its designer, Alfred Mosher Butts.