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by Kye 1434 days ago
Law is what's written by lawyers who realized getting elected paid off law school faster and by what's decided in courts. Courts are there to decide who and what law should apply to. You don't get a robust fair use test[1] or libraries[2] without someone testing the law in court.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#U.S._fair_use_procedu...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbs-Merrill_Co._v._Straus