this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2025
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Sorry, but how on earth does this give off AI vibes? It's just a plain 'ol photo of a long pencil case or something that someone has photoshopped a very non-AI-generated-looking Subway logo on, with the clear, humorous implication that this is a Subway® Subcase™ for transporting your soggy footlong
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.en.html#Photoshop
I get that but if it gets used as a common phrase enough adobe loses rights to the name and it becomes open to everyone?
Yes, it's true; chanting "Photoshop" in front of a mirror three times will make the words THOMAS KNOLL SEETHARAMAN NARAYANAN appear along with a fully binding contract releasing all rights to the name
Its happened before and I recon Photoshop is pretty close.
Here are some trademarks that become public domain Aspirin, Xerox, Kleenex, Q-Tips. The only reason Photoshop has retained its trademark is because adobe makes significant effort to police their rights to it. This means that adobe doesn't want you to call editing a photo photoshoping as that opens the door for it to become a common term and thus in the public domain.
Tldr: if we continue to use the word "Photoshop" in a generic sense then it will eventually force it into pubic domain regardless of adobes desires.