Re:“Lifefaker.com makes faking perfection easy”
by heyyyouu on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:44PM
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It actually can be protected by fair use -- it's ruled on a case-by-case basis: http://www.newseuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topic... (scroll to end) You're right in that there is no BLANKET protection, but it has been used for protection before and continues to be.
Satire isn't protected by Fair Use. Parodies are.
Satire will make a more broad point--in this case, the damaging effects on mental health that social media plays. Any use of copyrighted works won't likely be protected.
Parody would be something smaller--like creating a website that looks similar to Instagram, using humor to criticize it.