Witcher Novelist Demanding $16M in Royalties from CD Projekt Red

Andrezj Sapkowski, author of the eight book Witcher novel series, has sent an “official demand” to CD Projekt Red for an additional $16M USD in royalties that would be added to payments he has already collected. Sapkowski originally made a deal with CDPR in the early 2000s to sell the rights to The Witcher. “The compensation remitted to the author is too low given the benefits obtained in association with the use of the author’s work”. The ‘demand’ is for 6% “of the profits obtained’.