CD Projekt reaches agreement with series author, gains new rightsIssues have been resolved.
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CD Projekt had been in a legal disagreement with the author of The Witcher novels, Andrzej Sapkowski.
An agreement was reached today, with both parties cooperating moving forward.
The agreement also granted CD Projekt new rights to The Witcher.
CD Projekt (the parent company of CD Projekt Red) had recently been in a legal disagreement with Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of The Witcher novels. When Sapkowski originally sold the rights for The Witcher to be developed into a game series, it was in the form of a lump sum payment, instead of CD Projekt's initial offer of a percentage of the overall profit.
After the rousing success the games have seen, Sapkowski's lawyers argued that the initial deal was unlawful and that additional reparations of roughly $16 million USD were needed. Today, CD Projekt announced that both the company and Sapkowski have reached an agreement, with CD Projekt gaining "new rights" and reaffirming the comp...
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CD Projekt reaches agreement with series author, gains new rights
