Fair-use doesn't specifically protect "academics" at all. It does apply consistently in a commercial context, even to the GPL, which is the clear intent of it in-law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhgYMH6n004
I would also recommend this book if people tire of the marketing hype. =3
"Gilded Rage" (Jacob Silverman, 2025)
https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Rage-Radicalization-Silicon-Va...
Could also be regulatory capture, and Sealioning. =3