IPDuck: Blogging Hiatus is Over

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Blogging Hiatus is Over

Blogging has been light the past few weeks since I've been busy working on an amicus brief in the Viacom v. YouTube and Premier League v. YouTube appeals. This time, the brief is on behalf of the Consumer Electronics Association. I should have more time to blog going forward.

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Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Blogging Hiatus is Over

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