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     will give their lawyers a stronger argument 
No it won't. Using the name and marks of the FCC to dicuss policy and actions by the FCC is clearly fair use.


I've edited to be clearer -- I'm referring to the use of Comcast's (and Time Warner's) logos, not the FCC's.

I agree that there are fair use arguments, which is why I said "practically": hosts take down fair-use content every day. A subset of that is eventually restored, but only after the parties have argued it out (frequently through their lawyers).




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