Comments on: Hasbro Made the Right Business Decision http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeremy Toeman http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346750 Jeremy Toeman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:29:54 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346750 @Ron - that's a great point... I certainly would've timed it a bit better myself! :) @Erik - while I generally agree regarding copyright, it's not a 'fact' that it should be in the public domain. @Ron – that’s a great point… I certainly would’ve timed it a bit better myself! :)

@Erik – while I generally agree regarding copyright, it’s not a ‘fact’ that it should be in the public domain.

]]> By: Erik http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346732 Erik Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:48:28 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346732 The issue is not about what Hasbro should have done to protect the Scrabble "brand." The issue is the copyright laws, and the fact that Scrabble should be in the public domain. This link has a great article on a different take on this subject. http://www.inquisitr.com/2010/scrabulous/ The issue is not about what Hasbro should have done to protect the Scrabble “brand.” The issue is the copyright laws, and the fact that Scrabble should be in the public domain. This link has a great article on a different take on this subject.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2010/scrabulous/

]]> By: Ron Feldman http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346250 Ron Feldman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:12:10 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346250 Jeremy - understand your point, but what sense does it make to send the takedown notice when your sanctioned replacement still doesn't work? Now you have a whole lot of people (myself included) who would have started using their app doubly annoyed. Why not wait 1 more month or whatever it would take to actually have a competitive app available? Jeremy – understand your point, but what sense does it make to send the takedown notice when your sanctioned replacement still doesn’t work? Now you have a whole lot of people (myself included) who would have started using their app doubly annoyed. Why not wait 1 more month or whatever it would take to actually have a competitive app available?

]]> By: Jeremy Toeman http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346220 Jeremy Toeman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:28:01 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346220 @Jill - did you read the rest of the post? in all reality it was the other guys doing 'wrong' here. i too like to root for the 'little guys' but that doesn't make them right. @Jill – did you read the rest of the post? in all reality it was the other guys doing ‘wrong’ here. i too like to root for the ‘little guys’ but that doesn’t make them right.

]]> By: Jill http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346200 Jill Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:55:03 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346200 Yes, I'll still play Scrabble on Facebook, where I won't have a choice, but I will have a choice when I go shopping for toys and games. I previously associated the Hasbro brand with family, community, and "good, clean, fun" but I now associate them with the bad taste they have left in my mouth. There are other companies that make the same sort of products that didn't personally hurt me - they'll be getting my business and I'll feel better about the children in my life playing with their toys. Yes, I’ll still play Scrabble on Facebook, where I won’t have a choice, but I will have a choice when I go shopping for toys and games. I previously associated the Hasbro brand with family, community, and “good, clean, fun” but I now associate them with the bad taste they have left in my mouth. There are other companies that make the same sort of products that didn’t personally hurt me – they’ll be getting my business and I’ll feel better about the children in my life playing with their toys.

]]> By: Ricky http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-346006 Ricky Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:03:07 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-346006 Lol. 'fight back with Facebook groups' cause those have proved useful. Remind me why I no longer get Business 2.0, despite joining TWO Facebook groups begging to keep it? Lol. ‘fight back with Facebook groups’ cause those have proved useful. Remind me why I no longer get Business 2.0, despite joining TWO Facebook groups begging to keep it?

]]> By: we love scrabulous http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/29/hasbro-made-the-right-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-345994 we love scrabulous Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:54:08 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1514#comment-345994 Scrabulous lovers and people complaining that Hasbro's Scrabble doesn't work fight back with Facebook groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37928471248 and http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=75441 Scrabulous lovers and people complaining that Hasbro’s Scrabble doesn’t work fight back with Facebook groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37928471248 and http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=75441

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