Earlier this year, there was a lot of disappointment for fans of shows like The Daily Show and the Colbert Report when the network’s lawyers sent a letter to YouTube requesting that they be more vigilent in removing these programs when they are illegally uploaded to the site. I have recently observed a surge of uploading of entire Comedy Central shows. I’m not going to include links, since the shows will probably be removed within a few hours. I was busy watching the uncensored version of the William Shatner Roast today. It was absolutely hilarious and also very R Rated, don’t let your kids watch it. I am not sure if the surge in available copyrighted material on YouTube is the result of more frequent uploading by people on holidays, or less frequent removal because of staffing issues with YouTube or if both things are factiring into this. I don’t have any television in my house, so I am enjoying the chance to get a peek at this stuff. I do check in on the advertiser supported streaming clips on the Comedy Central website quite often, but even Jon Stewart himself has joked about the buffering….buffering… that goes on there.

Here is an old upload that must be considered fair use. It’s a recorded PG rated message for William Shatner from Sandra Bullock: