Moons ago, the creator of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, contractually agreed to a set amount of money to let CD Projekt RED -- then a fledgling studio -- have at his IP as they saw fit. That contract was absolute, and the amount of money he agreed to, and received, is but a fraction of the actual success of the series of games from the developer. And in seeing his stories handled arguably better than he ever did, and thus being commercially successful, he's trying to get some more dollerydoos. But CD Projekt RED aren't buying it.

Because they already bought it. Moreover, as highlighted in the source news piece over at Eurogamer, he's successfully landed a Netflix series (who hasn't though), so his quest to seek out the reported PLN 60 million (AUD $22,717,827) comes with some question marks. CD Projekt RED openly released the claim, in an effort to maintain total transparency stating that "In the Company's opinion the demands expressed in the notice are groundless with regard to their merit as well as the stipulated amount. The Company had legitimately and legally acquired copyright to Mr. Andrzej Sapkowski's work, insofar as is required for its use in games developed by the Company. All liabilities payable by the Company in association therewith have been properly discharged". They followed this up, however, by stating they have no ill-will towards the claim and only wish to "maintain good relations with authors of works which have inspired CD Projekt Red's own creations". They intend to find a solution to the claim that benefits both parties, but whether or not Sapowski settles beyond his initial claim, or even at all, will remain to be seen.

We'll follow this one closely, but it should be noted the author has been salty about the situation with his IP's success in the hands of CD Projekt RED for a number of years, but the studio has hid nothing, and legally crossed every T and dotted every I. Where do you stand on his claims?