If you’re on Facebook and were thinking about playing Scrabulous — an online, unauthorized version of the classic word game Scrabble — the word you’re looking for is “banned.” As in “banned from Facebook,” since that popular social-networking site has now pulled the game from most of the world that could still play it.

Announced Monday by Facebook, the action resulted from protests about copyright ownership by Mattel, which has rights to the game outside the U.S. and Canada.

Scrabulous had already been pulled voluntarily from North America by its developers considering of a lawsuit filed by Hasbro, which owns the rights in that region.

Facebook said it had to act outside North America as well, after Mattel made a formal inquiry and the game’s developers took no action.

All Except India

The ban applies to all countries except India. A lawsuit by Mattel is pending in India, and […]

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