That’s not funny! Conan accused of stealing jokes from Twitter

U.S. comic Conan O'Brien stole jokes from Twitter to use on his hit late-night television show, according to a lawsuit. A San Diego man is suing O'Brien and his team for allegedly violating copyright on four jokes. According to the complaint, filed last week, the jokes were posted on Robert Kaseberg’s blog and Twitter account before later appearing on O'Brien’s opening monologue on his self-titled show. O'Brien’s production company Conaco denied that any plagiarism had taken place.

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A joke from Robert Kaseberg’s blog

A similar joke was made on O'Brien’s show later that day. The other three jokes were related to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Caitlyn Jenner, and the Washington Monument. Twitter now allows users to file complaints against suspected joke thieves at the request of the gag’s writer. Last week a joke made by freelance writer Olga Lexall which was reposted as original by other users was replaced with a message saying: “This Tweet has been withheld in response to a report from the copyright holder.”

We at Conaco firmly believe there is no merit to this lawsuit.

O'Brien’s production team

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