[tedunangst]

Does the GPL forbid fair use? Why don't book publishers use a license that forbids fair use?

[AaronFriel]

Because fair use is an exception to copyright itself. A copyright license can't take away your legal right to fair use.

[bdowling]

> Why don't book publishers use a license that forbids fair use?

They couldn't do it with a license, which only imposes conditions for the license to be valid. Fair use applies even if the copier has no license at all.

Potentially they could do it with a contract. A license is not a contract and imposes no covenants on the parties.