For various reasons I've had to call my bank 4 times in the last two weeks, it's not been fun - I understand your pain!

Anyone selling an Akai S950?

Congratulations - this is fantastic news and well deserved!

Do I know any games journalists who may be interested in fact checking a game related book, paid work?

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(Should probably say I sit on some committees / working groups, especially with regards to games, as well as standing for the Members’ Council this year)

I of course take a different view, but I always want to hear members’ opinions on everything, especially what could be done better!

That’s partly down to games composers (in my view) tending to not be members of PRO’s, something I’ve raised many times at meetings etc!

It was a water testing deal by nature, but I would suggest it was beneficial for any PRS member with music on a relevant game. For various reasons I think there will be a fair amount of pressure on Valve to get some sort of a deal in place!

It's generally understood the deal with Sony was made 'easier' due to them having a music arm previously, so their understanding of music licensing was already there when talks began.

I'd be quite sure it'll fall on the performance side of things in the EU - the difficulty is actually in the US it's not classed as a performance.

Yes but Valve would pay an overall license to PRS for music use, much the same way the BBC et al do. It wouldn't be on a per game basis and wouldn't be paid by the developers.

It's far more nuanced than that, also it's worth noting that there has been a deal in place with Sony for the PlayStation store for several years now which has been working fine.

Technically (certainly with the App Store in Europe), a download is classified as a performance rather than mechanicals.

Why would one cost 5% of the sale price? It's the platform holder that pays the license, not the game developers.

The Tascam DR-40 is pretty decent!

Think George wants a go on the Yocto!

Territory dependant of course...

Phil Collins only so far...

The AMS power tower is complete!

I'm starting to fill up my freelance calendar for next month onwards. Get in touch if you need an extremely experienced and adaptable freelance games developer.

Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna's Archive for $13trillion for "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings" Spotify and three major record labels have sued Anna's Archive for $13trillion, alleging that the platform scraped 86million music files.

So we have a figure, when do we go for the Ai companies?

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Calyx – our indie RTS & Basebuilder where you fight giant alien plants 🌱 is now available in Early Access! 😊 🚀 Check it out on Steam and try the free demo:
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Term time prices will probably just go up to match the school holiday prices 🥴

Free markets and all that…

They really need to open an enquiry into the price gouging that currently exists, rather than fining parents. We personally don’t take our children out during term time, but know many who do and just take the fine.

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