Where’s the licencing agreement for physical music consumers?

Great point made by Gabriel Nimeh: ‘I bought a CD, not a licensing agreement‘. And there’s a lot more discussion going on in the comments.

The crux of it is:

‘I strolled into the store, located the CD I was after, paid for it in cash and left. At no stage was I asked to sign a licensing agreement – not even a post-sale agreement like those for software. It was a simple transaction of cash for a physical product.

”No,” cries the music industry, ”you are bound by the licensing agreement that you did not sign and that we cannot produce for inspection.”

And it’s this mythical licence so many people are working hard to protect, even at the cost of innovation, efficiency and relevancy…