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Conferences should move beyond general debates about whether AI is good or bad. Writers need practical sessions on contracts, copyright, false accusations of AI use, and what to do when their work is used without permission. These are the questions writers need answered.

Have you paid for an ebook you could not keep? Have you bought an ebook and then found you could not download it, move it to another reader or keep it without the seller’s app? I’m collecting real examples for an article. Reply or message me. Names can remain private. #Books #WSocialBooks

You bought the ebook. Why can’t you keep the file? Some ebooks work only in approved apps or devices. Paying readers deserve a copy they can keep and read without the seller’s service. Any limits should be clear before payment. This honesty should be standard everywhere. #Books #WSocialBooks

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The G20 Is Chasing the Wrong Solution: Oil Prices Dominate the Meeting

Oil Prices Dominate G20: At the G20 Energy Ministerial in Houston, Sep. 14–16, Brent near $110 and $1m a day tankers expose the limits of the response. Reserves may ease prices, but can’t repair pipelines or secure Hormuz. Repealing US climate rules increases the risk. #Europe f.falahmousa.com/G20

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The G20’s focus on reserve releases and new drilling overlooks infrastructure, shipping security and long-term energy resilience.

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What does Apple know about you? At privacy.apple.com, you can request a copy of your account data. EU Privacy Law also lets you ask why a company uses your personal data and who receives it. Privacy should mean being able to check, not just trusting a promise. #Europe

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Did a film producer contact you? Scammers are sending writers fake offers to turn their books into films. They begin with praise, then ask the writer to pay for services. A real producer should pay for your rights, not charge you. Verify the company independently before replying. #Books

Lower fees created jobs Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia joined SEPA, Europe’s system for cheaper euro transfers. Albanian says it saves €2,500 a month and hired more staff. This is European integration with a clear result: lower costs and new jobs. #Balkans #Europe f.falahmousa.com/SEPA

For Alketa Noni low-cost euro transfers for cross-border payments save her time and money she can spend expanding operations, investing, and hiring new staff.

Guarantees on goods bought in the EU - Your Europe

Second-hand goods can have a guarantee: Bought a used phone, bicycle or appliance from a professional seller in the EU? Rules normally give you a two year legal guarantee. Shops should make this clear before you pay. #Europe Read EU’ consumer guidance: f.falahmousa.com/shopping

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Read how to claim the 2-year legal guarantee or the commercial guarantee of durability for EU purchases, know the difference, read what the EU guarantee label means, how to get a repair, replacement o...

Thanks, Tomasz—that makes your point clearer. A writer working alone cannot match a large company’s legal budget. Governments should take responsibility for enforcement. Otherwise, authors may have rights on paper that they cannot afford to defend.

Exactly, Billie. A street can look lovely in a photograph and still be difficult to use with a wheelchair or walking stick. The real test is whether people can get there, sit comfortably and enjoy some company without having to buy anything.

Victoria, writing a book should not mean spending years defending your rights to it. If a notice says there is no dispute, authors should be able to trust it.

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An updated edition could follow one coastal town through four years of tourism growth: wages, rents and public access to the shore. Visitors are counted carefully. The changes in residents’ lives deserve the same attention.

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Paying shepherds to manage grazing makes sense: goats can eat the scrub that feeds fires. But funding should reward reduced fire risk, not just bigger herds. Farmers doing prevention work deserve reliable pay before the next emergency.

Authors Guild AI-Related Model Publishing Contract Clauses

A company should ask your permission and agree how much to pay you before using AI to turn your story into a video. Put that requirement in the contract. A verbal promise is not enough. The Authors Guild has model clauses: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...

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The model clauses below cover important aspects of AI uses of author’s works: specifically, prohibiting AI use of an author’s work without the author’s consent; licensing specific AI uses as subsidiar...

The category needs a clear explanation. Readers should know when an answer is generated, whether it actually checked sources, and how to report mistakes. A regulatory label alone tells them none of that.

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That doubt is understandable, Stefan. The planning documents should answer it: which other sites were assessed, why were they rejected, and how were residents’ objections handled? A promise of jobs is not enough to justify building on protected land.

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That is another reason to include the actual words from the screenshot in its alt text. People who mute a subject should not have to see it just because someone shared it as an image. Describing the message properly is basic consideration for readers.

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Finding disputed claims on four of your own books after that notice is worrying. Authors should be told who is claiming which rights, what changed and what needs a response. They should not have to discover a problem by chance.

That helps, Kevin. If the Zone itself takes no side, the criticism comes from what people choose to do around it. That makes the characters more interesting than a simple comparison with Chornobyl.

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That’s what makes a street worth spending time in, Billie: you can meet a neighbour without having to buy a coffee. For someone living alone, that ordinary daily chat can matter far more than another shop.

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An author should not have to fund a lawsuit just to find out whether their book was used. Companies should disclose which books they trained on and provide a clear way to challenge that use. Protection should not depend on whether a writer can afford a lawyer.

An author should be asked before a book is used for AI training. Offering payment afterwards is not the same as getting permission. A fair agreement has to leave room for the author to say no.

Clean air cannot wait Burning coal and wood to heat homes adds to air pollution. EU Preliminary 2025 data show 11 monitoring sites in Bosnia and North Macedonia exceeded the EU’s annual fine particle limit. Families need help to afford clean heating. Clean air should not depend on income. #Balkans

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Authors deserve a say #AI companies train their systems on books. The European Parliament wants clearer licensing rules. I think authors should be able to refuse, or agree a price for using their work. #Books #Europe

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Free ISBN? I’d choose my own Amazon’s free ISBN identifies your print book, but cannot be reused with another publishing service. I’d get my own to publish the same edition through different services without changing its number. #Books

Falah Mousa @falahmousa.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

I’m Falah Mousa, an author and researcher. Here I examine EU decisions, life and change in the Balkans, and books worth reading and discussing. I explain the background, check the evidence and offer my own view. www.falahmousa.com #Europe #Balkans #Books

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I am an author and researcher dedicated to political, cultural, security, and humanitarian studies, with a particular emphasis on the Arab world, the MENA region, and the Balkans.

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Falah Mousa @falahmousa.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026

Thank you, Leif, for confirming that the shore is open to everyone, including those not staying at the cottages. This is useful for my article on coastal development in Albania. I appreciate the link and your offer to help.

An ebook isn’t accessible just because it downloads EU accessibility rules have covered ebooks since June 2025, with exceptions. A #blind reader should be able to buy and read a book independently. Publishers should show what works, not just promise access. #Books

Deported to the Balkans? Some EU governments want to send people refused asylum to centers outside the EU. Balkan countries could host them in return for funding. But if these people cannot go home, who looks after them who pays for years of care? Read: f.falahmousa.com/balkans #Balkans #Europe

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Tourists need beds. Workers need homes: Holiday rentals can leave fewer homes for locals. #Croatia raised taxes on short-term rentals in 2025. Can the waiter serving your dinner afford to live nearby? That tests tourism’s success. #Balkans See IMF report: f.falahmousa.com/homes

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An ebook you must travel to read The British Library keeps some ebooks under legal deposit. You can find them in its catalogue, but you must visit the library to read them. Preserving books matters. So does making them accessible to readers. #Books Source: British Library: f.falahmousa.com/Library

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The DNT ownership interests me. I’m writing about coastal development in Albania, where public access is part of the dispute. At Flokehyttene, could people who weren’t staying in the cottages still walk along the shore?

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For ‘Together’, I’d like to read a piece co-written by a resident and an ecologist defending the same coastline. Where did they disagree, and what changed their minds? That would show how people learn to work together, beyond the protest photographs.

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The benches are the strongest part of this proposal for me: people can stay without having to buy anything. I'd also want the existing shops to survive the improvement. A street can become more attractive while becoming less affordable for the people who use it.

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My question was about the government’s decision, Stefan. An investor may want a particular location, but the government should explain why it considers that choice acceptable. Protecting the coast and listening to residents should come before pleasing investors.

Thank you for sharing this, Nix. Your point about Concetta stayed with me. The Prince can recognise a change in political power, yet fails to recognise his own daughter’s qualities until too late. That helps explain why the family story matters so much in your reading.

Thank you for finding this. An article that visits people in their apartments looks like a good place to start. I’m interested in what they enjoy about living there and what they would change.

Thank you for sharing this, Stefan. Albania can welcome investment without building on protected land. Residents deserve a clear explanation of why this location was chosen and what alternatives were considered.

Public pressure matters, but residents should not have to protest for months to be heard. They should see the plans, know who benefits and have a say before decisions are made about their coast.

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Albania: Why Build Resorts on Protected Land? And Who Decides What Happens to Albania’s Coast: Residents or Investors?

Albania wants to join the EU, but still allows luxury resorts on protected land. People have protested for 100 days. I don’t think a tourism project should matter more than the people who live there or the wildlife they are trying to protect. #Balkans f.falahmousa.com/Flamingo

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It’s been 100 days of the “Flamingo Protests” testing whether Albania's European future will protect the environment.

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Your distinction between personal and group disadvantage is useful. I would also want to know which comes first: feeling excluded, or adopting a political story that explains ordinary frustrations as exclusion. Do the studies follow the same people over time?

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A novel can acquire meanings its authors never intended. Your point about 'the Zone' makes me wonder: does reading it through Chornobyl deepen the story for you, or obscure the criticism of the society it was written in?

I am an author and researcher dedicated to political, cultural, security, and humanitarian studies, with a particular emphasis on the Arab world, the MENA region, and the Balkans.

I am Falah Mousa, an author and researcher. I write about books, publishing, culture, society and ideas that deserve serious discussion. My articles and books are available at www.falahmousa.com. #Books #Publishing

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That explains the gap. The book gives Le Corbusier’s view, but not the residents’ experience. I would be interested in a book about everyday life inside the building.