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By JESSICA MINTZ | Associated Press In this artist's rendering provided by Electronic Arts, a sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., is shown. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / July 16, 2008) A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released last week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design. But underneath its flashy exterior, the new Scrabble's features are very similar to those of its wildly popular but unauthorized competitor, Scrabulous. And that makes me wonder whether lots of people will switch unless, as threatened, Scrabble rights holders Hasbro Inc., based in Pawtucket, R.I., and Mattel Inc. shut Scrabulous down for copyright infringement. When I fired up the official Scrabble game, my first thought... [read full story]
