CBS drops copyright claims on Monroe Community Media parody
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize CBS and Paramount have backed away from efforts to limit the reposting of Stephen Colbert’s satire as host of a Michigan public access show known as Only in Monroe.
- Colbert posted the hour-long parody a day after being ousted from his nearly 11-year-long run at “The Late Show.” During the show, he joked, “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV.
- The deadpan appearance, which featured rockstar Jack White as an even more deadpan sidekick, quickly went viral.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize CBS and Paramount have backed away from efforts to limit the reposting of Stephen Colbert’s satire as host of a Michigan public access show known as Only in Monroe.
Colbert posted the hour-long parody a day after being ousted from his nearly 11-year-long run at “The Late Show.” During the show, he joked, “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV. So I am grateful to be here on Monroe Community Media, before they also get acquired by Paramount”.
The deadpan appearance, which featured rockstar Jack White as an even more deadpan sidekick, quickly went viral. The program was widely reposted on YouTube and other social media platforms, leading CBS to issue copyright protection notices initially.