Joke theft

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I heard this on NPR.

On The Media: Transcript of "Take My Joke, Please" (April 9, 2010)

They talk about a study done by academics that say that comedians use social stigma and ass kicking to police joke theft.

Here is the study.

SSRN-There's No Free Laugh (Anymore): The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms and the Transformation of Stand-Up Comedy by Dotan Oliar, Christopher Sprigman