> “Hypocrisy” is not one of the factors in whether something is fair use. There is, however, the legal concept of estoppel, which is, essentially, a prohibitio

> “Hypocrisy” is not one of the factors in whether something is fair use. There is, however, the legal concept of estoppel, which is, essentially, a prohibition on legal-argument hypocrisy. As I understand it (IANAL), it applies to much narrower situations than what we would, in general, consider to be hypocrisy, but it can still provide an advantage, especially here.