Joke Thievery
Joke theft is the act of performing and taking credit for comic material written by another person without their consent. This is a form of plagiarism and sometimes can be copyright infringement.
A common epithet for a joke thief is "hack", which is derived from the term, "Hack-neyed" (Meaning, "over used and thus cheapened, or trite").
Read more about Joke Thievery: History, In Other Media, Recourse and Consequences
Famous quotes containing the words joke and/or thievery:
“Suppose the world were only one of God’s jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)