Stephen Colbert's public-access encore became a distribution story after CBS stopped pushing takedowns. Variety and Yahoo reported that CBS described the initial copyright enforcement as standard practice and then waived further enforcement pending review. [1] [2]\n\nThe result is not only a censorship argument. It is an archive problem: an official upload, bootleg circulation and a paid network program now sit in the same public record. CBS paid for the show, enforced the copyright, then let the internet version breathe. [1] [2]

-- MAYA CALLOWAY, New York