Re: BBC 4Xtra / Sounds. Any archive service has to pay creators. The BBC can’t have an infinite database of content paid for via a fixed pool of money from the licence fee. Unless of course they work out the clever method Spotify did (just steal it all with menaces and don’t pay the suppliers).

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The BBC has explained itself astonishingly poorly. It plays pretty fair, and is upstanding about creators’ rights, within an industry increasingly modelled on Silicon Valley piracy culture / filesharing. It’s at a disadvantage. It needs defending. It needs to be clear about its work.

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1) If you're a big fan of the idea of season 23a, then you're in for a treat! The return of the Toymaker, an old producer, a trip to Blackpool and video games gone bad...what could possibly go wrong? @michaelmills.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

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Yeah I'm going to pass on £1000 consoles arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...

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This went live over the weekend! All the thanks to @lewispackwood.bsky.social for sorting - it's a new extract from the book about the start of Tomb Raider Chronicles, and the end of the PS1 era.

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