Last night, David Letterman returned to the airwaves. There was joking, there was apologizing, there was apolo-joking (Sarah Palin), there was banjo playing. It was actually one of the best hours of live (to-tape) TV I can remember seeing. Hopefully you caught it, but if not, here is most of it: the monologue, the apology, [...]

Is CBS kidding? Brian Stelter at the NYT reports that they’ve spent the weekend having “unauthorized copies” removed from YouTube. First of all, videos of Letterman’s mea culpa don’t need to be authorized, they’re news, according to our understanding of Fair Use rules. Second — and really the point here — that toothpaste is not going back in the tube. This story is out. Oh and also: still on YouTube.