Nemeski@lemm.ee to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle is losing its status as a verbwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is losing its status as a verbwww.businessinsider.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPLEASE keep calling it “googling it”, even if you use other search engines. If enough of us do that, then Google can lose the copyright to their name
minus-squareEffortlessEffluvium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s a trademark not copyright. You don’t lose copyright but a trademark can be diluted to meaninglessness. Still would be funny for them to have to say: “Google brand search” like “Kleenex brand tissues”!
PLEASE keep calling it “googling it”, even if you use other search engines. If enough of us do that, then Google can lose the copyright to their name
Ooh, I like how you think
It’s a trademark not copyright. You don’t lose copyright but a trademark can be diluted to meaninglessness. Still would be funny for them to have to say: “Google brand search” like “Kleenex brand tissues”!