Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Saturday, August 26, 2006

On Internet Ripoffs

The thing about accusations that television shows are swiping gags from netcasts is that you're assuming that everyone's heard of these netcasts in the first place. Yes, the internets are a wonderful thing, but I suspect the audience for podcasts or whatever is far, far smaller than the audience for even the least-watched cable television show. (Besides, I agree with the last commenter who noted that it's entirely possible for obvious topical gags to occur to two comedians at the same time completely independently of each other.)

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