Fighting words: LeVar Burton sued in 'Reading Rainbow' copyright dispute
You’re getting sued, LeVar Burton — but you don’t have to take our word for it.
Former “Reading Rainbow” host Burton has been hit with a lawsuit by a broadcaster who says that he’s infringing on copyrights associated with the series.
In the suit, filed in federal court in New York on Friday, Buffalo-based PBS affiliate WNED maintains that it owns the rights to intellectual property associated with “Reading Rainbow,” and agreed to license the property to Burton for an online revival of the series in 2011.
By 2015, however, the relationship between the parties soured, and WNED decided to terminate the license, at which point many, though not all, licensed rights reverted back to WNED, according to the suit.
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