Royalty Agreement

Split Percentages

Royalty splits, marketplace revenue shares, publishing splits, collaborator shares, and payout percentages must be entered accurately by the creator, rights holder, account owner, or authorized representative responsible for the work. You are responsible for confirming that all writers, producers, artists, publishers, labels, featured performers, beat makers, sample owners, and other participants are listed correctly before submitting a work, release, listing, or payout request.

Split percentages may vary by work, recording, composition, release, product, marketplace listing, publishing agreement, distribution agreement, or separate written contract. The split shown in the relevant dashboard, agreement, split sheet, listing, or written record controls unless corrected through an approved update process.

Unless a separate written agreement says otherwise, eligible paid downloads use the default Bootlegged paid-download split: 75% of the gross download price is allocated to the creator, 15% is allocated to Bootlegged Records, and 10% of gross is allocated to the Crossroads Foundation. Payment processing fees, refunds, chargebacks, taxes, withholding, provider rules, and account verification may affect payout timing or final settlement.

AudioVault, Bootlegged Records, Bootlegged Publishing, and related services may rely on the split information you provide. We may pause payouts, publishing actions, marketplace delivery, distribution, or royalty processing if splits are incomplete, disputed, internally inconsistent, suspected to be fraudulent, or challenged by a rights holder.

Payment Schedule

Royalty and creator payments are paid according to the applicable service, provider, store, marketplace, agreement, and payout system. Payment timing may depend on platform processing, reporting delays, store payment cycles, marketplace settlement, payment-provider availability, fraud review, tax review, refund windows, chargebacks, minimum payout thresholds, or required account verification.

Unless a separate written agreement says otherwise, payments may be reduced by platform fees, payment processing fees, marketplace fees, distribution fees, publishing administration fees, refunds, chargebacks, taxes, withholding, currency conversion costs, third-party costs, and other deductions disclosed in the applicable dashboard, checkout flow, listing, or agreement.

Dashboard amounts may be estimates until finalized. We may adjust balances to correct reporting errors, duplicate transactions, refunds, chargebacks, fraud, disputed ownership, incorrect splits, tax obligations, or provider corrections.

Stripe Connect Requirements

Creators, sellers, rights holders, or payees may be required to create and maintain a Stripe Connect account or another approved payout account before receiving payments. Stripe may request identity verification, tax information, bank information, business details, ownership details, or other compliance information.

We do not control Stripe's verification requirements, payout timing, holds, account restrictions, tax forms, bank transfer delays, or compliance decisions. If Stripe or another payout provider restricts, delays, rejects, or reverses a payout, we may not be able to release funds until the provider issue is resolved.

You are responsible for keeping payout information accurate and current. Incorrect bank details, incomplete verification, expired documents, mismatched legal names, unsupported countries, compliance reviews, or suspected fraud may delay or prevent payouts.

Tax Responsibilities

You are responsible for your own taxes, tax reporting, business records, deductions, invoices, licenses, registrations, and legal obligations related to income received through the platform. We do not provide tax advice.

We or our payment providers may collect tax forms, taxpayer identification information, business information, or certification details where required. We may issue or facilitate tax forms, withhold amounts, report payments, or delay payouts if required by law, payment-provider rules, or compliance review.

If you are part of a band, label, publishing entity, company, partnership, estate, or collaborator group, you are responsible for determining who should receive payment and how taxes should be handled between the parties.

Dispute Resolution

If a royalty, split, ownership, payout, license, publishing, or marketplace dispute arises, notify us with the work title, release title, listing ID, account email, disputed percentage, supporting documents, and a clear explanation of the issue. We may request additional information from all affected parties.

While a dispute is under review, we may pause payouts, freeze split changes, restrict downloads, hold marketplace revenue, pause publishing administration, delay distribution actions, remove listings, or preserve records until the issue is resolved.

We may rely on written agreements, split sheets, platform records, payment-provider records, copyright registrations, publisher records, distributor records, court orders, settlement agreements, or verified instructions from authorized representatives. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute, they may need to resolve it through counsel, mediation, arbitration, court, or another legally recognized process.

Versioning

Royalty, split, and payout records may be versioned so the platform can track changes over time. A version may record who changed a split, when the change occurred, what work or listing it applied to, and which agreement or dashboard state was active at the time.

Changes to splits, payout recipients, publishing details, ownership records, or marketplace terms may apply only prospectively unless all required parties approve retroactive changes or a legal obligation requires correction. Prior completed payouts may not be reversible unless required or permitted by law, provider rules, contract, fraud review, or platform policy.

Version records help preserve accountability, audit trails, and payment history. This Royalty Agreement is a working platform agreement and should be reviewed by qualified counsel before being treated as final legal advice.