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Hope springs anew for the more than 500,000 “Scrabulous” fans mourning the demise of their beloved Facebook game. Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla have launched a “new” word game, “Wordscraper.” The new game, which bears a striking resemblance to its banned predecessor, made its Facebook debut as early as Tuesday — the same day “Scrabulous” was removed in the wake of a legal tussle with the makers of Scrabble. Thus far, however, only 3,569 users, a fraction of the half million daily players “Scrabulous” once drew, are playing the game.

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Quick Change Artists Resurrect Facebook’s ‘Scrabulous’ as ‘Wordscraper’

Facebookers hoping to get in on a game of Scrabulous on Tuesday were left disappointed. Instead of linking to the game, designed by brothers Rajat and Jayant Argarwalla for play on the Facebook social networking platform, players found the following message: “Scrabulous is disabled for U.S. and Canadian users until further notice. If you would like to stay informed about developments in this matter, please click here.” The message appears to indicate that that the reign of Scrabulous has come to an end.

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Facebook Scrubs Scrabulous

Hasbro, maker of the word game Scrabble, has issued the ultimate double challenge to social network Facebook and its wildly popular Scrabble-like application Scrabulous: a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement. The suit, filed Thursday in a New York district court, claims the application violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Hasbro has asked Facebook to remove the game, but as of press time, the network was still allowing users to download the Scrabulous application.

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Scrabble-Scrabulous Fuss Lands in Court