On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
On 3/12/22, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 09:19:52 +1100
Charlie <taoques...@gmail.com> wrote:
Discovered that when I looked for the mailing list on the net.
I dare not say googled because there is some controversy about
IKWYM, but in most circles that word is still the 'go to' one as the verb
for "use a search engine"
I remember very early on where there was at least one headline that
said Google was considering court action over the use of its name as a
verb (copyright, trademark, etc):
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/589
That never made sense because being repetitively used as a common verb
meant they had arrived, were mainstream at least with tech folks, and
received free publicity every time it occurred.
Cindy :)
likely the producers of Aspirin wouldn't like the producers of Tylenol
advertising Tylenol as "the best Aspirin there is!"
oddly and from another angle, it used to be the case in German law
that 'comparative advertising' was verboten: "any advertising which
directly or indirectly identifies a competitor or goods or services
offered by a competitor" says the write-up at
<https://www.mondaq.com/article/10090/comparative-advertising--the-new-law>.
it is permitted now it seems.
anyway, I'm guessing (not having read the link) Google is aiming at
competitors, not the general public.
f.
--
Felmon
Verbum sat sapienti.