RED’s nemesis YouTuber is at it again – In his latest video, Jinni.Tech claims that the patented method used in RED’s compressed raw format REDCODE is virtually identical to the (JPEG 2000-based) CineForm RAW format with a slightly altered GAS (green average subtraction). He further claims that RED simply took advantage of the CineForm not being patented and hints at the method therefore being “prior art”. Some background to the saga Jinni.Tech vs. RED Back in the pre-Covid era – in July 2019 – we wrote about a series of videos from Jinni.Tech (a company behind JinniMags – unofficial media for older RED cameras) that focused on RED Digital Cinema and particularly RED media at that time (The RED Mags) and their pricing. These videos caused quite the discussion – here is our first and second article about these videos from 2019. What followed – lawsuits and counter-lawsuit After this, Bruce Royce from Jinni.Tech uploaded the next episode about RED (part 5 – Red terms of business legality) in August 2020, but apparently he had to eventually take the video down for legal reasons in 2022. At least that is what Jinni.Tech claims in the video that is now reuploaded on his channel. What followed was also a lawsuit by RED vs. Jinni.Tech for “patent and trademark infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract”, but RED “voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit without prejudice” after learning that Jinni Tech “would likely be unable to pay any meaningful damages...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 6 January, 2023