RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has previously professed its supposedly neutral position in the copyright controversy over the popular Facebook app Scrabulous, is now sneaking itself into the mix: it is quietly introducing a version of Scrabble on Facebook, called
RealNetworks Doesn’t Buy Scrabulous; Launches Own Version Instead
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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has previously professed its supposedly neutral position in the copyright controversy over the popular Face…
This is interesting. Whether or not Real ends up buying them it will provide a great data point for whether brands matter for social games which are distributed virally. More on the topic posted here – http://blog.playfish.com/2008/04/08/scrabble-versus-scrabulous-facebook-fight-will-show-whether-brands-matter-for-social-games/