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Joke Stealing

  1. Inside Matt Besser’s Punk Rock Musical Podcast ‘Stolen Idea’Matt Besser has done all there is to do in comedy, but ask him and he’ll tell you about a life that could have been as a musician. In Stolen […]
    By Noah Jacobs
  2. Russell Peters Played a Late April Fools’ ‘Prank’ on Everyone by Calling […]Trevor Noah has been at the center of much internet backlash since Comedy Central hired him as the next Daily Show host last week, but the […]
    By Megh Wright
  3. Is This the Most Plagiarized Joke of All Time?A few years ago I was flipping through Twitter and saw this joke: Those first two guys who thought Superman was a bird or a plane, what were […]
    By Casey Gullickson
  4. Marvin Gaye, Robin Thicke, and Why Nobody Cares About Stolen JokesOn Tuesday a jury in Los Angeles found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copyright infringement and ordered them to pay $7.3 million […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  5. ‘SNL,’ the Groundlings, and the Parallel Thinking ExcuseMembers of Los Angeles’ famed Groundlings theater company have made headlines by accusing SNL of lifting their sketch during last weekend’s […]
    By Erik Voss
  6. ‘THR’ Explains Why Jokes Aren’t Always Covered by the Copyright ActTHR ran an interesting guest column over the weekend called “Why It’s So Hard to Get the Law to Protect a Good Joke” that explores intellectual […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. Did E! Rip Off ‘Nikki and Sara Live’?Earlier today, Nikki Glaser sent a sad tweet out to her followers: “So, @ENews blatantly stole a bit from my old MTV show. It feels really […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. So a Corporation Has Stolen Your JokeIn my fulltime job as Humor Editor for Groupon, I’m confronted daily by how difficult it can be to make a large company’s social media presence […]
    By Daniel Kibblesmith
  9. Who Cares About Joke Stealing?Unpopular Opinions is a new weekly column in which a writer takes a stand against popular opinion, whether it’s asserting the true merit of a […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  10. Australia’s Got Talent, Rampant Joke Thievery Everyone’s a comedian, particularly if they’re actively stealing material from other, real comedians. Following a solid performance on […]
    By Halle Kiefer