The rules of boardgames

The rules of boardgames are not copyrighted according to this video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html - 12:16

But if thats true, how did those bastards get Scrabbulous removed from facebook?

[note to self]
oncall is a good time for videogames.  Maybe meeting people on the internet isnt a complete waste of time.

[another note]
start the virtual city by building the old, original sets and fitting them together.

[another note]
try using mechanical turk to get the ldraw files made

[yet another note]
want to make a metal version of this song.  and i want to sing as good as Jack Black can.