Except that only his character was Streisand-ing it; Colbert-the-person thought it would be hilarious to slyly encourage people to remix a spoken interview with a "great dance beat" (and, at the time, it kind of was)
I think he is equating stern copyright notices to somebody making a strong statement about what annoys them. As if to say “so what”, and the boom in “unapproved” 88x31 pics demonstrates this
Consider it related to the Streisand effect or reverse psychology concepts.
Except that only his character was Streisand-ing it; Colbert-the-person thought it would be hilarious to slyly encourage people to remix a spoken interview with a "great dance beat" (and, at the time, it kind of was)
I think he is equating stern copyright notices to somebody making a strong statement about what annoys them. As if to say “so what”, and the boom in “unapproved” 88x31 pics demonstrates this