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AI & Machine Learning Use Restriction

Effective Date: February 20, 2026

This page constitutes a formal, legally binding restriction on the use of all content published on the Being Right Here companion website by High Top Publishing LLC. This restriction applies to all content regardless of language, format, or medium.

Scope of Restriction

All content appearing on this Site — including but not limited to teaching texts, bilingual translations, poetic adaptations, commentary, editorial selections, structural layouts, metadata, and all associated materials — is expressly restricted from any form of artificial intelligence or machine learning use.

This restriction applies to all parties, including individuals, organizations, corporations, research institutions, technology companies, and automated systems, regardless of jurisdiction.

Specifically Prohibited Activities

The following activities are strictly prohibited without prior express written authorization from High Top Publishing LLC:

1. AI Model Training

Using any content from this Site — in whole or in part — to train, fine-tune, instruct, prompt-engineer, or otherwise develop any artificial intelligence model, including but not limited to large language models (LLMs), multimodal models, text generation systems, or translation engines.

2. Dataset Ingestion

Collecting, aggregating, or ingesting content from this Site into any training dataset, pre-training corpus, evaluation benchmark, or similar data repository, whether for commercial, research, or open-source purposes.

3. Automated Scraping for Generative Systems

Using web crawlers, scrapers, bots, or automated extraction tools to harvest content from this Site for any purpose related to generative AI, synthetic content creation, or machine-generated text.

4. Machine Learning Model Use

Incorporating content from this Site into the knowledge base, retrieval system, vector store, embeddings, or inference pipeline of any machine learning or AI system.

5. Derivative AI Outputs

Generating, publishing, or distributing content that is directly or substantially derived from this Site's materials through AI processes, including paraphrasing, summarization, translation, or stylistic imitation by AI systems.

Written Authorization Requirement

Any use of content from this Site for AI or machine learning purposes requires prior, explicit, written authorization from High Top Publishing LLC. Verbal consent or implied permission is not sufficient.

Authorization requests must include:

•Full name and organization of the requesting party
•Specific content requested for use
•Intended purpose and scope of AI or machine learning use
•Description of the system or model involved
•Proposed safeguards and attribution practices

Requests may be submitted to: legal@hightoppublishing.com

Basis of Restriction

This restriction is grounded in the following:

•Copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 106 et seq.) protecting the exclusive rights of copyright holders
•The Website Terms of Use, which govern all access to and use of this Site
•The principle that sacred and contemplative teachings deserve special protection from algorithmic appropriation
•The rights of the original teachers and authors whose works appear on this Site

Enforcement

Violation of this restriction may constitute copyright infringement and/or breach of the Terms of Use of this Site. High Top Publishing LLC reserves all rights to pursue appropriate legal remedies, including injunctive relief and monetary damages, under applicable law. This restriction is governed by the laws of the State of California, United States of America.

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