You're ultimately correct, but the YT Fair Use Guidelines don't seem to be directly at odds -- unless Apple is arguing that the laughter hurts the copyrighted w

You're ultimately correct, but the YT Fair Use Guidelines don't seem to be directly at odds -- unless Apple is arguing that the laughter hurts the copyrighted works profitability? [ https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/copyright/fair-use/#yt-copyright-four-factors https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/copyright/fair-use/#yt-copy... Guideline : 4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work]