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Joke Theft
joke theft
May 17, 2019
Was Grumpy Cat’s Fame Built on a Stolen Joke? This sort of thing is sadly common for cartoonists.
By Abraham Riesman
lawsuits
May 9, 2019
Conan O’Brien Is Not Headed to Trial Over Joke-Theft Accusations After All The late-night host wrote a piece for Variety explaining why he decided to settle before the case went to trial.
By Megh Wright
the law
Apr. 29, 2019
All Your Questions About the Conan Joke-Theft Trial, Answered Everything you need to know before the late-night host heads to court next month.
By Natalie Hope McDonald
trials
Apr. 16, 2019
By Anne Victoria Clark
May 21, 2018
So You Want to Accuse Someone of Stealing Your Joke In a business where you’re only as good as your material, joke theft is one of comedy’s high crimes. Just make sure the joke’s not on you.
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 2, 2017
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
May 15, 2017
Conan O’Brien Might Be Headed to Trial Over Joke Theft Allegations Accusations of joke theft are a common occurrence in the comedy world, but something that’s not a common occurrence – taking a joke theft […]
By Megh Wright
Apr. 12, 2017
Tig Notaro Responds to an ‘SNL’ Sketch That Allegedly Ripped Off Her Short […] Saturday Night Live has come under fire this week for allegedly ripping off a short film by Tig Notaro. The sketch in question, titled […]
By Megh Wright
Feb. 14, 2017
10 Comedians Who Borrowed Jokes Without Making Headlines
Stan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn […]
By Tony Alpsen
July 18, 2016
Parallel Thinking Is Real: One Concept, Six Sketches, and a Whole Slew of […]
“It’s a total coincidence,” Jordan Peele told Twitter when Saturday Night Live aired a sketch on airport boarding around the same time as Key […]
By Leo Margul
Jan. 21, 2016
Amy Schumer Responds to Accusations of Joke Theft: ‘I Will Literally Take […] Over the past few days, Amy Schumer has been the target of the latest joke theft allegations making the rounds on the internet after comedians […]
By Megh Wright
Aug. 21, 2015
The Fat Jew on Stealing Jokes: ‘I Have Never Done That’ It’s been a bad week for Josh Ostrovsky AKA “The Fat Jew” since the comedy community doubled down on exposing him as a hacky joke thief, and […]
By Megh Wright
Aug. 17, 2015
Comedy vs. The Fat Jew The day of reckoning has finally arrived for joke plagiarist Josh Ostrovsky AKA “The Fat Jew.” If you’re not familiar with Ostrovsky, he’s an […]
By Megh Wright
Mar. 13, 2015
Marvin Gaye, Robin Thicke, and Why Nobody Cares About Stolen Jokes On 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
Oct. 7, 2013
Roseanne Says Chuck Lorre Stole Her Joke for ‘Two and a Half Men’ Over the last three days, Roseanne Barr has been tweeting up a storm about Two and a Half Men creator stealing a joke from her standup act and […]
By Bradford Evans
June 12, 2013
Carlos Mencia and the American Dream Writing a joke is a tricky thing. Sometimes a joke comes to you fully formed, perfect, and complete. Most times it comes in the form of a […]
By Justin Gray
June 30, 2011
Wayans Brothers Sued by a Former Assistant for Joke Theft The Wayans brothers recently wrote a book called You Know You’re a Golddigger When…. Apparently, an assistant of theirs named Jared Edwards […]
By Adam Frucci
May 31, 2011
Fox News Accuses Jay Leno of Stealing a Joke and Yes I Am Serious OK, so here’s what happened: some dude on Fox News’s Red Eye by the name of Andy Levy made this joke on May 24th: “Supreme Court orders tens of […]
By Adam Frucci
