Author Settlement Split & Rights Auditor

Portfolio & Claim Parameters Saved locally

Book Title

Registered ISBN

Settlement Gross Amount ($ USD)

Total recognized settlement distribution for this registered title.

Publisher Demanded Cut (Subsidiary Interpretation)

Literary Agency Commission (%)

Standard trade agency representation fee.

Agency Deduction Scope

15% charged on Gross Settlement ($75,000)

Charged only on Author Disbursed Net Recovery

Royalty Account Advance Status

Governing Contract Language Model

Publisher Demanded Split Publisher Assertion

Gross Settlement $75,000

Publisher Demanded Cut (50%) -$37,500

Agent Demanded Commission (15% gross) -$11,250

Author Net Takehome $26,250

Author Direct Rights Defense Creator Entitlement

Direct Settlement Entitlement $75,000

Publisher Retained Share $0

Agency Statutory Recovery Share -$11,250

Author Net Protected $63,750

Publisher vs. Author Waterfall Distribution

Publisher Claim: $37,500

Agent Commission: $11,250

Author Residual: $26,250

Contract Clause Diagnostic Matrix Legal Grounding

Clause Provision	Publisher Claim Theory	Author Precedent Counter-Grounds	Status

Established Legal Precedents & Model Guidance:

Under standard Authors Guild legal recommendations and New York Times Co. v. Tasini (533 U.S. 483), grants of exclusive print and digital book publishing rights do not implicitly convey AI model ingestion or statutory tort recovery rights. Unauthorized model training constitutes non-subsidiary copyright infringement belonging to the underlying copyright proprietor.

Formal Settlement Allocation Objection Brief Ready for Counsel / Agent

This brief synthesizes the calculated financial divergence and specific contract grounds into a formal objection notice ready to submit to publisher royalty departments.