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  • You don't need philosophy, where you can make do with binoculars

    9th November, 2011

     

    You cannot sustain quality by giving things away. This is my stock answer when I’m ever asked my opinion on the current state of the music industry and illegal downloading. I’ve been getting into a few conversations about it recently, which I must say I try to avoid, as it’s all a bit depressing. Out of context, there’s a line from a poem by the Gaelic poet Ruaraidh MacThomas that sums it up perfectly

     ‘You don’t need philosophy, where you can make do with binoculars’