I doubt they're going to object too much, in any case. Here's their response to Google's inclusion in Merriam-Webster's dictionary
"Merriam-Webster's definition of "googling," however, specifically refers to a Google search, not just any search done on the Internet. So far, the company is OK with the new definition.
"Defining google as a verb and as using the Google search engine is appropriate," a representative for Google told CNET News.com in an e-mail."
They might whine about it as a token gesture, because if they don't they may lose the trademark. But it won't be anything more than a polite letter, and it's nothing to be concerned with.
"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right; greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words — will not only save Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
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Date: 2007-12-12 09:19 pm (UTC)I doubt they're going to object too much, in any case. Here's their response to Google's inclusion in Merriam-Webster's dictionary
"Merriam-Webster's definition of "googling," however, specifically refers to a Google search, not just any search done on the Internet. So far, the company is OK with the new definition.
"Defining google as a verb and as using the Google search engine is appropriate," a representative for Google told CNET News.com in an e-mail."
http://www.news.com/Google-joins-Xerox-as-a-verb/2100-1025_3-6091289.html
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Date: 2007-12-12 10:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-12 09:47 pm (UTC)