Has copyrighting prevention gone too far?

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kain_kusanagi said:

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Fair use only applies to reviews and education

Nope.

and you can only use a small sample.

Nope.

Go and read the US fair use law again, there is no prescribed limit on the kind of use nor the length of what is used. Sure, those things make it easier to claim fair use, but works have been taken and shown in full and then declared fair use based on context.