Sure, laws are open to interpretation… by judges, and judges will quite happily tell you that there are no rights “granted” under the fair use doctrine, and tha

Sure, laws are open to interpretation… by judges, and judges will quite happily tell you that there are no rights “granted” under the fair use doctrine, and that no violation of those imaginary rights can possibly exist. The only legal right in play is copyright and the legitimate copyright holder has that right, exclusively, and can sue anyone they believe is infringing on their copyright… what the fair use doctrine carves out is an affirmative defense for particular kinds of transformative infringement, but it grants no right to infringe to the infringer, any more than successfully asserting self defense grants the self defender the right to murder. Each doctrine excuses from consequence what remains an unlawful act.