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** Also, it is important to note that American courts make a distinction between Parody (that is where the original work is the target of the ridicule) and Satire (where the original work is used to mock something else). While satire can be considered fair use, it is much harder, as the court will analyze whether it was necessary to use the original work, since the satirist could have made their own novel work to get the comedy job done. Thus in Copyright and Trademark law, satire and parody are very distinct terms of art.
There are cautions, which is why lawyers live in luxury. A use in one context might be considered fair in one court and not fair in another. Some uses are always considered fair, but others are borderline cases where sometimes it was called fair and sometimes it wasn't. And Big Media is working to ''kill'' fair use in order to maximize profits.
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