It is not truth as opposed to false, it is fact as opposed to fiction.
IANAL but at least as I understand it in US copyright law there are several cases involving what a fact is. In order to be a fact the assertion has to be represented as a fact(true), iirc. Nothing that JK has done has been represented as true, and therefore falls out of fair use.
There's a case about this involving a telephone directory publisher who inserted fake numbers into a telephone directory. Another company took and compiled the directory and included the fake numbers. The case hinged on the fact that the first company represented the numbers as real, and hence facts.
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Pretty sure this post was meant to be funny ala Monty Python and not flamebait as its been modded.
It is not truth as opposed to false, it is fact as opposed to fiction. IANAL but at least as I understand it in US copyright law there are several cases involving what a fact is. In order to be a fact the assertion has to be represented as a fact(true), iirc. Nothing that JK has done has been represented as true, and therefore falls out of fair use. There's a case about this involving a telephone directory publisher who inserted fake numbers into a telephone directory. Another company took and compiled the directory and included the fake numbers. The case hinged on the fact that the first company represented the numbers as real, and hence facts.