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Last updated: May 2026

Placeholder notice: This copyright page is placeholder language. It requires review by a qualified legal professional before the site launches publicly, particularly regarding any third-party song titles, quoted works, or licensed material referenced across the site.

Ownership

All original writing on this site — including but not limited to books, book excerpts, essays, stories, free resources, and all other written content — is the property of J. Bruce Eickelman and 12X Media Press.

What you may do

You may read, download, and share free resources from the Free Shelf for personal, non-commercial use, provided they are shared intact, without modification, and with attribution to J. Bruce Eickelman and 12X Media Press.

You may quote brief passages from essays, stories, or other content on this site for the purposes of commentary, review, or personal correspondence, provided the source is clearly attributed.

You may share links to pages on this site freely.

What you may not do

You may not reproduce, republish, redistribute, sell, adapt, or create derivative works from any content on this site — in whole or in part — without prior written permission from 12X Media Press.

This includes but is not limited to: reproducing essays or stories in other publications, incorporating content into AI training datasets, repackaging free resources for commercial distribution, or reproducing book content in any format.

Songs and third-party references

The Songs Shelf series explores life lessons connected to well-known songs. Song titles and lyrics referenced in these books are the property of their respective copyright holders. The commentary, writing, and analysis in the 12X Media Press books is original work and belongs to J. Bruce Eickelman and 12X Media Press.

Quoted works

Where this site quotes from published works — including Stoic philosophers, Proverbs, the Gospel of Thomas, Viktor Frankl, Jim Rohn, or others — such quotations are used for commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. We make reasonable efforts to attribute quoted material correctly. If you believe a quotation has been incorrectly attributed or used without appropriate permission, please contact us.

Permission requests

To request permission to reproduce content from this site, or to report a copyright concern, please use the contact page with a clear description of the material in question and the intended use.

Enforcement

12X Media Press takes copyright seriously and will take appropriate steps to address unauthorised reproduction or distribution of its content.