i feel like people dont appreciate nearly enough that the answer to "omg they cant do that!" is far too often "they can unless you sue them and get a judge to agree with you that they cant"
@eniko And the opposite is also true. "Am I allowed to" (ex: fair use discussions) doesn't mean that they won't try to sue you anyway and hope you'll settle out of court.
@scottmichaud @eniko Yeah - the advice for stuff like Fair Use disclaimers and how to toe the line basically stems from "A previous court case ruled this way regarding Fair Use exemptions, and the company who's content you're using in that specific way could, but *probably* won't, take you for court if there's a more than decent chance that it'll fall under the exact same ruling.".
Doesn't mean they *won't* sue, but that it's possibly previously settled in your favour.