Or just use a locally hosted password generator for one that isn’t handfed to you by a for-profit company…

This is entirely wrong.

So for everyone wondering about the emotionally charged comments here like me, here’s the brief explanation from what I found -

• LeVar Burton and his company RRKidz licensed the brand of Reading Rainbow from it’s parent company WNED in 2011. Although the deal isn’t public, WNED asserts that the deal was for digital publishing only.
• In 2012, Burton helped create a Reading Rainbow ipad app branded under that license that provided access to a curated collection of books and new videos with Burton and other guests which was widely successful.
• From 2014-2016, Burton and RRKidz first ran a Kickstarter campaign to revive the show (raising nearly $6.5 million), then went on to release Skybrary by Reading Rainbow, a subscription service for books and videos, and then Reading Rainbow Skybrary for Schools, a digital library service for elementary schools. They were also reportedly in discussion with Netflix about what they claim was an unrelated project.
• In 2016 WNED terminated their licensing deal, claiming Burton and his company violated the terms with their attempts to make new episodes and “assert control over the brand”, subsequently hurting WNED’s own efforts at a revival of their own. RRKidz filed suit to defend their actions, then WNED countersued and further added litigation against Burton’s use of Reading Rainbow terminology in his personal podcasts and projects.
• A settlement was reached in 2017, ultimately leading to RRKidz losing the license to Reading Rainbow, but allowing Burton to keep using catchphrases from the show. RRKidz ended up rebranding as LeVar Burton Kids and the app is now just Skybrary.

In short, Burton licensed the brand from WNED and ended up pushing further with creative development than WNED was comfortable with, leading to a splitting off of his projects and the new, official Reading Rainbow content. Personally, I see two entities trying to do good that got wrapped up in messy legalities and its unfortunate consequences. Thankfully, Burton and his projects are still ongoing, and WNED, a public media company, still holds the reigns for this new series. It’s not perfect, but I feel like it could have ended a lot worse.

The sources I pulled from:

1. Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Rainbow#Reboot
2. Hollywood Reporter - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/reading-rainbow-owner-accuses-levar-burton-theft-extortion-lawsuit-1027372/
3. Current - https://current.org/2016/03/wned-and-rrkidz-trade-lawsuits-over-reading-rainbow-licensing/

Sure thing! It’s not a particularly well-known thing, tbh, so it slips into comments now and again.

Just a heads up, your \ got absorbed by the text markdown Lemmy uses. You have to use a double slash to have it show up, like this \\.

Whether it’s about me or others is irrelevant.

“We should be mindful of how disruptive our comments are.”

“You’re not really an optimist. You’re just deluded.”

What a reasonable and well meant response.

Bringing up every connected possibility is not always warranted or needed. We don’t need to soil every attempt at optimism by bringing up every toxic alternative just because. Optimism is hard enough to hold onto already. We should be mindful of needlessly weakening that.

Just nitpicking optimistic comments for fun, then? As hobbies go, it’s not the best.

Eh, the situation in the comic is pretty clearly well meaning.

It comes from a place of love, but yeah.

That’s the thing with (human made) art - even something that’s arguably “the same” is still a product of another person’s effort and viewpoint, and will embody their personal approach to the same task as much as the original does of its artist. It’s a personal story of effort and care, unique to any that attempt it.

For example, music covers. I keep an eye on the youtube channel of Triple J, a radio station that regularly has visiting musical guests perform covers of songs of their choice, and the different approaches to taking on another artist’s music is so interesting. Some do more direct imitations that mirror the original, while others take radically different approaches that bring entirely new meaning. It’s all great stuff.

They all value money over everything else, so that tracks.

But this just seems like another way for the rich to keep more wealth for themselves.

Yup. Insert AlwaysHasBeen.meme here.

My first thought as well. Of companies to lose to further “investor” shittery, I can’t say I’ll lose much sleep over EA if that turns out to be the case.

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My favorite thing about the dev is how diverse their games are. I’d prefer something new rather than them just becoming the “Hades series devs”.

Bill Burr is the biggest disappointment for me. Thought he was at least a little better than that.

Jim Jeffries is a surprise, and Jack Whitehall, but no big loss for me there.

Yeah, that’s not what’s happening here. Not really sure why you’re so insistent that it is, but it’s not useful or kind.

Missed the news, eh?