Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Recently, US judges have ruled against creaters of satire on many occasions.
Can you cite particular cases? I don't know of any.
I wouldn't trust it, or fair use for that matter. We're better off assuming fair use doesn't apply.
In general, I agree, but keep in mind that if we so much as quote a single line from a copyrighted source, we're doing so via fair use. If an article about Richard Nixon quotes a single line from his autobiography, which it easily could, then that's fair use.
I don't think it's practical for an encyclopedia to never quote copyrighted sources at all. And so I'd say we should generally try to avoid fair use, but decide on a case by case basis for each "kind" of fair use.
--Jimbo