Intellectual Property Law

"... it's a Google."

By Siva Vaidhyanathan

Ok. So one mark of Google's cultural power is the proliferation of the verb "to Google." But now John McCain is using Google as a noun again.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain joked on Monday that Google, the popular Internet search engine, had made investigating his list of potential candidates a little bit easier.

"You know, basically it's a Google," he said to laughter at a fund-raising luncheon when asked how the selection process was going. "What you can find out now on the Internet -- it's remarkable."

Remember back when background checks and vetting involved more than typing "Bobby Jindal" and "anti-evolution" in to the search box?

Full post as published by SIVACRACY .NET on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).