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Google Makes Peace With Media Companies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the olive-branches dept.

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Google is bringing some of the biggest media companies into its camp and sharing revenue with them, after drawing their ire last year with moves to search video and books, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Google's improved relationships with media and entertainment companies reflects the confidence those companies have gained in online distribution in the past year, amid rapid growth in Americans' consumption of Web video and other Internet content. But just as importantly, it illustrates a coming of age in Google's approach to the owners of content it wants to search.' Google has hired executives from the media world to conduct the negotiations. One of them, David Eun, formerly of Time Warner and NBC, said, 'The biggest challenge is explaining to them we're friend and not foe.'" Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?

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  1. Here everybody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I googled it for you:

    http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=go ogle+used+as+verb+lawsuit&kgs=1&kls=0

  2. Fun With Corporations! by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?

    Okeedokey, smokey. (Seriously, "google" as a verb annoyed the bejezus out of me).

    BUT! I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to ANY corporate misdoings. Let's see how they like that!

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    1. Re:Fun With Corporations! by DittoBox · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why is this "Anonymous Coward" and why is he arguing with himself?

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    2. Re:Fun With Corporations! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 2, Funny

      BUT! I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to ANY corporate misdoings. Let's see how they like that!

      I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to people who cannot properly quote "Do No Evil."

  3. Googling no more.... by McFortner · · Score: 4, Funny

    [Quote]"Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?"[/quote]

    Yep, it gives them a major headache having their name used as a generic term. Then they have to take several Asprin for it. It is the kind of hurt a kiss and a Band-Aid from Mom can't fix. We just have to stop being so Mickey Mouse about it....

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  4. Trademark by fabu10u$ · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?
    Ah, but you forgot... it's Google(tm) with a capital G and a silent (tm).
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  5. Re:bah by Lord+Aurora · · Score: 3, Funny
    No, no...you're obviously a n00b to the world of corporate America.

    See, that is what we call a partnership.

    =D

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  6. Good luck controlling English by svunt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm still upset that people get confused when I refer to a googol - they think I'm talking about a search engine, rather than a quantity! For serious, Google are kidding themselves thinking that some strongly worded letters will stop the genericization of google...it's already generic. I know that isn't the thrust of TFA, but dammit, I missed the original thread.

    1. Re:Good luck controlling English by Chaffar · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm still upset that people get confused when I refer to a googol - they think I'm talking about a search engine, rather than a quantity!

      And why exactly do you need to refer to a googol in front of people ? ... Unless by "people", you're referring to your imaginary math-freak friends :)

  7. Re:Great Move by Google by exley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't it be great if his daughter could find a clip of her favorite program as easily as searching for web pages? And furthermore, wouldn't it be great if I could then Google for his daughter?* We could even turn it into a new naughty word, a la: "Dude, I totally googled this chick last night..." Okay, maybe not. But if Google could help me on that front, then I probably wouldn't care whether or not they're doing any evil. We all have our price. And I might even be able to tolerate all the fanboys out there who already kiss ass with Google regardless of what they do. *Provided she's cute, and I guess I should stipulate, of legal age

  8. Finding TV Ads by ferrgle · · Score: 2, Funny

    I get a nasty feeling that if I use Google(TM) to look for TV clips all I will get is 20 pages of TV ads.

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  9. Re:Great Move by Google by InsertCleverUsername · · Score: 2, Funny

    > *Provided she's cute, and I guess I should stipulate, of legal age

    No problem, you just need to the check the Google SafeBootySearch filter.

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