"Joke theft" sounds funny, but that claim is at the heart of a lawsuit lodged against Conan O'Brien. The case brings thorny questions of humor to the courtroom, a place not always known for jokes.

Jokes were no longer common property, so comics invested both time and money writing (and hiring others to write) new material in a way they rarely did before. The result was more original comic ...

Joke about a juice cleanse on Twitter, and you just might begin a national conversation on copyright laws. The Twitter account @PlagiarismBad, which spots plagiarized tweets, pointed out on ...

Comedy is creative work. Whether you tell jokes, take pictures, write novels or have a business that supports these creators, taking appropriate precautions to protect this work is key.

Unless you’re a comedy writer and you see a late-night TV host telling a joke you wrote. Five times. That’s what the writer Alex Kaseberg says happened to him in late 2014 and early 2015, a ...

"Joke theft" sounds funny, but that claim is at the heart of a lawsuit lodged against Conan O'Brien. The case brings thorny questions of humor to the courtroom, a place not always known for jokes.

Unless you’re a comedy writer and you see a late-night TV host telling a joke you wrote. Five times. That’s what the writer Alex Kaseberg says happened to him in late 2014 and early 2015, a charge ...