DISQUS

To play Devil's advocate... Doesn't Hasboro have a right, actually, don't they have a responsibility to protect their brand and their copyright? The argument that I hear most is that Hasboro should have just bought Scrabulous, but they really didn't need to seeing as how the people that created it had absolutely no claim to the game or brand they piggybacked on. It's much more cost effective for them to simply shut down the copy-cat and build their own.

Granted, you've found a few comments about people saying they purchased scrabble boards because they played Scrabulous, but I feel that's the exception and not the rule. In reality, Hasboro owns arguably the second most recognizable board game brand in the country (after Monopoly, which obviously has been ripped off every which way) and I can't blame them for wanting to protect it.