To The Agarwalla brothers

in case you dont know who they are (thats really impossible) here is a short intro: The brothers, Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, have expanded Scrabble into an online version called Scrabulous and put it on social networking site last year.
this is an extremely cool application which is made even cooler by the fact that these two are resident INDIANS from Kolkata (not NRI'S )
within past few months this has been grown immensely popular and thousands of people are playing it daily (including myself)

in this game you can

1. Play multiple games at the same time
2. invite friends quickly
3. be in touch with current games
4. View My Stats for all games
5. watch the "big " players
6. View Completed Games
7. you can even use on board dictionary if you must.

Now the important part:

as the game become more and more popular the word reached to Scrabble-maker Hasbro, which has sold the online rights to Electronic Arts (EA). The company has as you might have heard, served notices to the agarwalla brothers for violation of copyright act.
but as the application is immensely popular instead of undergoing any
courtroom battle with two worthy programmers who actually deserve
nothing less than applause, a settlement can be reached.
it is surely possible to officially license the product to the duo and
these firms can have their own names associated with one of
the most popular online games without writing a single line
of code.
well, thats what i'd do if i were heading the firms. coz
even if the firms win the courtroom battle they
will in turn receive only heat from
online gaming community.