© (c) Copyright 2026 or later by Brian Garrison. All rights reserved.

All copyrights are reserved.

All copyrights are reserved without limitation of such rights until 2121 or longer if allowed.

No part of this artwork written, story, cover, illustration, or otherwise, may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the author and publisher. It may not be reproduced or transmitted including electronic, mechanical, or otherwise; not by any methods including photocopying, scanning, digitizing, recording, data storage, or otherwise.

The author-artist also reserves the right to update, edit, expand, extend, or otherwise modify or follow up with the work, and without giving up past rights. Any new, derivative, or follow up works are not included in any previous agreements about copyrights of previous works.

Paying for the artwork (writing, story, illustration, or such) in print or electronic medium is paying for permission to read (or such) the work and doesn't purchase the work in anyway. It only purchases a license for the person paying to read the work. Each person reading the work must pay for the story to the author / artist via publisher via legally authorized sellers. Except some laws may allow a paid version to be loaned to other person at no cost and for no payment, via official libraries and patrons. The person paying to read the work may store their copy indefinitely, to read later; although the author, artist, or publisher of electronic formats reserves the right to make changes to the electronic version, typically for, but not limited to, the purpose of corrections or improvements. Some laws may allow a stored, original, and duly paid for, printed copy to be bought / sold as a used book; as long as one such copy remains only one copy and is not refunded.

• Paying to read a story, reading it, and requesting a refund is attempted theft. Lying about reading to get a refund is fraud. Getting a refund after reading is theft. Likewise, false reporting copies as unsold and destroyed for a refund is fraud and theft.

• Paying for permission to read a story is limited to living, human, persons and does not pay for permission to be read or such by any automated, artificial, or otherwise system. Except some laws may allow a paid story to be machine read for and limited to making the paid format accessible to the person who paid for permission to read the story. Any such systems saving or duplicating, even in summary or style, to anyone other than the person who paid for permission to read the story is a copyright violation and may be theft.

• Paying for an electronic copy, then printing a copy or copies (or vice versa) is a violation of copyrights. Selling such copies, even as 'used' is theft and selling of stolen property. Electronic versions will differ from printed version to enable identification of such theft, stolen property, and possession of stolen property. Likewise, any copy made into a different format such as audio, performance, artistic, summary, retelling, or such is copyright violation and maybe theft or fraud, except as allowed by law.

Not for AI use.

Reserved copyrights include not consenting and not permitting to AI reading, AI data storage even in summary, and AI reproduction even in summary or in styles. By allowing any program, bot, automation, artificial intelligence, or other system to read or otherwise make use of this artwork (from any source), the allowing owners, responsible parties, or benefactors of such systems agree to and are obligated to pay the author one billion dollars, plus interest at the rate of inflation. Such use constitute an agreement that such debt becomes the debt of any heirs, investors, benefactors, subusers, or such.

Stripped books are stolen property.

If you purchased a book without a cover, a "stripped book," then you purchased stolen property. Covers are removed to report books unsold and destroyed for a full refund on their purchase. Thus, neither author nor publisher has been paid for the book, also a violation of copyrights. It was stolen from them, and sold to you. Purchasing such books is supporting thieves, receiving stolen property, and making you an accomplice. If people will steal books, imagine what else they will do, such as with your payment information.

Likewise if you purchased a printed format of a previously electronic format (such as, someone purchase an ebook and made one or more prints from it), then you purchased stolen property. If you got a copy, summary, or other version from an AI, then you probably received stolen property as the author does not grant permission for AI uses. Some laws or circumstances may allow an AI system to read a copy to validate the artwork, so long as the system is not otherwise violating copyrights, but any 'reading' and reporting of the work should be paid for.