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(IANAL) … no, not "doubly so". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use, in particular, "Amount and substantiality" and
by deathanatos 4y ago
(IANAL) … no, not "doubly so". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use, in particular, "Amount and substantiality" and "Effect upon work's value" ; I think such a use would be ruled fair use, if you, e.g., happened to have a Macbook incidentally in a photo of a coffeeshop. The MBP is not the sole focus of the shot, and any decent looking laptop could potentially stand in for it. You're not detracting from Apple's revenue selling laptops as a photo isn't a laptop. (Hell, if anything, in the right light, it's free advertisement if it advances Apple's product as a status symbol?)
Vs. here's the cursors, here basically a direct copy. (As opposed to incidentally in another copyrighted work.) If you were to just download them an use them on your personal laptop, I doubt Apple is going to care, but if you download them & used them in a product … they might. The beachball is iconic (for better or worse).