The two ways of fair use that appeal most to me are satire and transformation. I think satire is a great way to make a point about something in culture/society that needs to be changed and it reaches people in a way that other ways of communication may not be able to do. I also think that when you transform something, you are making something completely new. You were inspired by others, but the purpose and audience of your creation is probably completely different than the original "artists" intended. Satire and transformation are not stealing, you are simply gaining inspiration for your own work from the work of others. People have done this CONSTANTLY throughout history, it's how we have progressed as a society!
In regards to documentaries, fair use is extremely important because they so often use copyrighted material- whether it be recorded interviews, sound bytes, music, pictures...the list goes on and on. If they had to pay royalties for every single one of these things, it would be ridiculously expensive to make a documentary.
This mashup is really short, but ties in happenings in politics with happenings in pop culture in a humorous way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKIcrDsJAs
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