Conan O'Brien sued for lifting jokes from Twitter

joz123 · Jul 28, 2015

Robert Kaseberg says his jokes about Tom Brady, Caitlyn Jenner, airlines and the Washington Monument made it into the late night host's monologue

Ya it's not like he could have gotten those jokes from someone else too.......

For more lols check Andy Richter's Twitter page about it also.

Andy Richter Twitter

iannis · Jul 28, 2015

OH NO, WE'VE BEEN FOUND OUT

Hey twittertards. Stop being twittertards. #twittertards @twittertards

iannis · Jul 28, 2015

Can I sue Craig Fergeson for lusting after Karen Gillan? I lusted after her first.

Noodleface · Jul 28, 2015

Didn't know tweets were copyrighted

The Ancient_sl · Jul 28, 2015

Well, at least one of Conan's writers is going to get fired.

moontayle · Jul 28, 2015

I'm sure his writer's room vetted every joke.

Szlia · Jul 28, 2015

Noodlemod_sl said:
Didn't know tweets were copyrighted

There is no formality for copyright. You automatically own the copyrights of what you create (as long as it is "materialized" in some form - so to own the copyright of something you said, you must put it in writing).

Khane · Jul 28, 2015

So is that the end of comedy outside of ultra real time pop culture references?

Xevy · Jul 28, 2015

Somehow Conan made similar jokes about Caitlyn Jenner and Tom Brady??!?! GUILTY!!!!!

But seriously, I've seen several comics make the same joke within hours of each other then realize some one made it minutes before and erase theirs and acknowledge the first comedian several times. This dude has no case.

Mist · Jul 28, 2015

Iannis_sl said:
Can I sue Craig Fergeson for lusting after Karen Gillan? I lusted after her first.

Those interviews were the best.

joz123 · Jul 28, 2015

I hope this crap goes to court so that douche has to pay a ton in lawyer fees.

The Ancient_sl · Jul 28, 2015

I enjoy Conan too, but the douche is the writer cribbing jokes from twitter, labeling them as his own and then getting paid for it. A few of you guys have this pretty twisted.

DickTrickle · Jul 28, 2015

The Ancient_sl said:
I enjoy Conan too, but the douche is the writer cribbing jokes from twitter, labeling them as his own and then getting paid for it. A few of you guys have this pretty twisted.

So you've read the lawsuit? And read an as yet unpublished legal response? Or are you just assuming it's true because...?

Xevy · Jul 28, 2015

I can' wait until it's revealed that those jokes were created by all the writers spit-balling or multiple different writers for each joke.

Ambiturner · Jul 29, 2015

The Ancient_sl said:
I enjoy Conan too, but the douche is the writer cribbing jokes from twitter, labeling them as his own and then getting paid for it. A few of you guys have this pretty twisted.

Not sure if you're serious or not. In case you are, nobody thinks they were actually stolen.

iannis · Jul 29, 2015

For the sake of argument though. The wording would have to beexactfor it to even seem potentially credible. And then you'd have to do some real derptective work with all the writers twitters (NSA pays off!) , to see if one of them had seen it. And even THEN it might be completely unintentional. Sometimes you don't remember what you remember and it is not malicious.

To prove something like this you would have to display a clear pattern over a period of time. 3 jokes and 1 week is not a clear pattern or a period of time. So even if the guy is right he's still retarded.

Sterling · Jul 29, 2015

Maybe there was a message on Tom Brady's phone from Conan explaining how he has his writers looking for jokes on social media to use for his show.

Lanx · Jul 29, 2015

these jokes are horrible! this guy is proud of shit that wouldn't make it past the water cooler?

"A Delta flight this week took off from Cleveland to New York with just two passengers. And they fought over control of the armrest the entire flight."
"The Washington Monument is ten inches shorter than previously thought," Kaseberg tweeted. "You know the winter has been cold when a monument suffers from shrinkage."

this is just a random date, july 16, if you lol'd at any of these jokes, you are a horrible person.

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DickTrickle · Jul 29, 2015

Iannis_sl said:
For the sake of argument though. The wording would have to beexactfor it to even seem potentially credible. And then you'd have to do some real derptective work with all the writers twitters (NSA pays off!) , to see if one of them had seen it. And even THEN it might be completely unintentional. Sometimes you don't remember what you remember and it is not malicious.

To prove something like this you would have to display a clear pattern over a period of time. 3 jokes and 1 week is not a clear pattern or a period of time. So even if the guy is right he's still retarded.

Yeah, and some of the ones he claims seem so obvious and write themselves, like the Washington Monument joke. I guarantee the punchline (or some very close variation) there was independently thought of multiple times.

Ambiturner · Jul 29, 2015

lanx_sl said:
these jokes are horrible! this guy is proud of shit that wouldn't make it past the water cooler?

this is just a random date, july 16, if you lol'd at any of these jokes, you are a horrible person.

Holy shit those are awful

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