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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Surprise...?

gieppetto said:
Poor 4K Ninjas...

They'll need a new domain name! ;)
But I don't think they're too sad about it, are they? :)
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Speaking of which... We are seeing alot of companies pop up with "RED" in their business name, which isn't good. Just like you wouldn't start a company with " Sony, Apple, Canon " etc. in their name, It's not a good idea (or legal) to use "RED" to promote camera related services.

Just giving a heads up, as needing to change your name down the road isn't the easiest thing.
 
Jarred Land said:
Speaking of which... We are seeing alot of companies pop up with "RED" in their business name, which isn't good. Just like you wouldn't start a company with " Sony, Apple, Canon " etc. in their name, It's not a good idea (or legal) to use "RED" to promote camera related services.

Just giving a heads up, as needing to change your name down the road isn't the easiest thing.
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i was really curious about this after seeing how many companies used RED in their name at CineGear.
 
Red should go after them. They did the hard work. No tailcoat riding. Walk on your own two feet. :)
 
Kinda hard to go after people for using whats quite a common word. I'd rather red spend time making the camera better than suing people for using a common word in their name. if the companies were pretending to be part of RED thats a different story. but just using the word RED. I think there are probably a few companies that could sue RED first

there are lots of companies called apple. apple corps for example. sony and canon word wise are a little more unique given their foreign origins.
 
sony created blu ray as a brand for this very reason, they would have had a hard time with blue ray. maybe they'll sue because RED RAY kinda sounds like BLU RAY. maybe we can start a fund. we can sue websters for distributing the word red in their products :)
 
Jason Ing said:
Red should go after them. They did the hard work. No tailcoat riding. Walk on your own two feet. :)
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Slippery slope.

Interesting article.
http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36377

Why is it extra interesting... look at the domain of the website that posted the article.

edit: Even more interesting is the orginating article site name:
http://www.appleinsider.com (not affiliated with Apple as far as I can see)


I imagine it would make for some interesting legal work for RED to take ownership of such a generic term. To the degree anyone tries to imply a relationship with RED the camera company or use the logo or similarity I think they are in trouble. But the word RED in a domain name? Give me a break. Not enforceable.
 
Jarred Land said:
Speaking of which... We are seeing alot of companies pop up with "RED" in their business name, which isn't good. Just like you wouldn't start a company with " Sony, Apple, Canon " etc. in their name, It's not a good idea (or legal) to use "RED" to promote camera related services.

Just giving a heads up, as needing to change your name down the road isn't the easiest thing.
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Intriguing. How then do you describe film production services that are specific to Red? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche

There's film services. There's video services. There's ... ?

Which is not to say that I don't see your point.
 
darkkelt said:
Kinda hard to go after people for using whats quite a common word. I'd rather red spend time making the camera better than suing people for using a common word in their name.
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Dont know what your trying to say darkkelt, but thanks for pissing me off.

And I would love for you to use your common name argument against Apple... see how far you get.
 
Ed Blythe said:
Intriguing. How then do you describe film production services that are specific to Red? There's film services. There's video services. There's ... ?
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A company's name doesn't have to describe what it does. And you can always use more general terms. The Red One isn't completely off in a category defined by a single product. It's one of a number of raw data cameras (D21, Origin, Phantom, etc.) and more generally could be described as a "digital cinema" camera.
 
Jarred Land said:
Dont know what your trying to say darkkelt, but thanks for pissing me off.

And I would love for you to use your common name argument against Apple... see how far you get.
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Jarred I was ribbing you , maybe that wasn't apparent. maybe I need to add :) at the end of a sentence. if you see my follow up posts they got sillier. you guys really need a break. we seem to go through periods were you lash out at people a little when you're exhausted.
 
I don't know why is that (or whether this has happened before), but Jim has taken his first time off and it looks like some are after the RED-TEAM. I have never seen Jarred pissed off. I think we should all step back, take a deep breath, relax and get back to "normal"...

Peace!
 
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