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Title: "Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy"
Post by: yesno on July 27, 2010, 10:39:40 AM

Given the recent Mencia and Patton Oswalt flaps, I thought this might be of interest.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1635023

Title: Re: "Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy"
Post by: JustNicole on July 27, 2010, 10:45:11 AM

Thanks for the link. Can't read it right now, 17 pages, but I definitely have it bookmarked.

Title: Re: "Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy"
Post by: Bryan on July 27, 2010, 10:54:52 AM

Interesting. There's some talk about this issue in the doc I just recommended elsewhere (http://friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,7003.msg158357.html#msg158357), including Mencia bragging about his propensity for stealing jokes. He does not subscribe to these social norms, apparently, and is unashamed!