You need a license to sell whiskey. You need a license to listen [1] to copyrighted music. Both rules hamper behavior for no reason that can be explained by a p

You need a license to sell whiskey. You need a license to listen [1] to copyrighted music. Both rules hamper behavior for no reason that can be explained by a physics textbook. Rather, they exist because the restrictions are perceived to add value to society. Maybe they don't. But it's not a philosophical dispute. [1] Or, really, to use the music in a set of contractually defined ways.