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Nicholas Lovell, founder of GAMESbrief tells us about his new book 'The Curve', talks us through the difference between freeloaders and superfans, and explains听how artists and developers will still make money in a culture where more and more is being given away for free.

A composer, multi-instrumentalist and roboticist , Sarah's work explores her obsessions with defunct machinery, faded variety acts and European folklore. She tells us how her roboticised automata, including Hugo, a roboticised 1930s ventriloquist鈥檚 dummy, adds value to her performances, and why in an age where any song is available at the click of a mouse, the experience of live performance still has the most worth.

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Chris Speed is Chair of Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh where his research focuses upon the Network Society, Digital Art and Technology, and The Internet of Things. He tells about Shelflife, a project run in conjunction with Oxfam, and why the value of an object lies in its story.

Anita Manning, auctioneer and antiques expert, has loved antiques ever since she was a little girl surrounded by her grandmother's magnificent old furniture. She invited us behind the scenes at Great Western Auctions to tell us why antiques have so much value in the age of digital plenty.

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