CD Projekt Reaches Agreement With Sapkowski on the Witcher
CD Projekt and Andrzej Sapkowski signed an agreement ending a dispute that had been going on for a year, which started after the writer made demands for a payment of compensation of $16 million. Thanks to the settlement, the company can still adapt the Witcher franchise, not only in the form of games, but also comics and all kinds of gadgets.
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Everything seems to indicate that the open dispute between Andrzej Sapkowski and CD Projekt, which lasted over a year, has come to a happy end. In an official press release, the developer confirmed that both parties to the conflict had reached a satisfactory agreement. Adam Kicinski, President of the Management Board of CD Projekt Group, summed up the whole matter:
“We’ve always ired Mr. Andrzej Sapkowski’s works — a great inspiration for the team here at CD PROJEKT RED. I believe today marks a new stage in our continued relationship,” said Adam Kicinski, President and t CEO, CD PROJEKT.
The Warsaw-based company emphasizes that the settlement meets the needs and expectations of both parties, and what is important, it also outlines the framework for future cooperation between the author and the developers. This means that the studio confirms the rights it holds to make us of the Witcher universe, both in the area of video games, as well as comics, board games and all kinds of merchandise, additionally extending them with new, unspecified elements.
Let us recall that Sapkowski started a dispute with CD Projekt industry websites predicted that the conflict would most probably end in a settlement.
Unfortunately, the details of the agreement are shrouded in complete secrecy. Of course, it is unlikely that Sapkowski received the amount requested by his lawyers, but surely a considerable amount of money was transferred to his . It can also be expected that the writer did not make the same mistake again and this time he guaranteed himself a percentage of the income from the salesof all possible Witcher merchandise that was, is, and will be released by CD Projekt.
The writer has certainly reserved a percentage of income from the sale of games and gadgets with Geralt for himself this time.
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