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Entertainment & Sports

Jan. 25, 2008

Comedians Settle Suit Over Jokes

Jay Leno, NBC Studios and a group of fellow comedians settled their federal copyright-infringement lawsuit against Brown and at least 17 of her joke-compilation books Wednesday.

By Alexa Hyland
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 2.

      O.J. Simpson was the victim of an attempted robbery. When the police asked him what kind of gun the assailant had, O.J. said, 'Don't ask me, I'm a knife man.'"
      Jay Leno will not see this joke, or any other of his infamous quips, reprinted in journalist Judy Brown's joke books again without his permissi...

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