Say you think of a completely original joke. Can you copyright said joke?

 

If you could Carlos Mencia would be out of business...

 

Even if you could, it would be a bitch to enforce that copyright.

 

honestly not sure and as Aernaroth said you would have a hell of a time enforcing it

 

Well it would only matter if someone was using it for profit so I'd imagine it wouldn't be too hard.

 

Which would be a crime. Every joke he steals he makes better.

 

Uh... no?

 

You can profit by telling it onstage at a comedy club. You can't police every standup act in the nation.

 

So how can "Happy Birthday" be copyrighted?

 

Because the Beatles can/could do whatever they want.

 

I think legally, the second you create something original, you technically have a copyright on it. Don't quote me on that though.

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Consider that any band can do a song live and for a paying audience as long as it's not recorded.

 

And as long as you give the original band that wrote it credit.

 

Nope.

 

Yep.

 

I don't see how changing the word "seepage" to "leakage" made Jeff Foxworthy's Side Effects joke any funnier.

 

Many don't "see" how such a word improves the joke. This is mainly due to the fact that those that recognize its origin are covering their eyes with their facepalming.

 

You win.

 

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