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He does seem like a colossal arsehole.
Can confirm he's been a huge arsehole even before Wither Netflix series or before any of the Witcher games. Simply being an extremely popular fantasy author in Poland was enough to get him there.
I've been told by one of the Polish convention organizers that just a year or two (2000 or 2001, can't remember) after last Witcher book was published they were worried when they invited him, because he'd sometimes refuse to leave his hotel room over some imaginary slight. They didn't want to invite him because of that, but they could not not invite him, because he was THE author..
What I remember from my limited interaction with him around that time at one of the cons is that despite being a fan he made my fists itch.
Yeah, I think it was this interview that let on who he was for me.
https://www.eurogamer.net/meeting-andrzej-sapkowski-the-writer-who-created-the-witcher
Seemed incredibly bitter about the success of the games, had nothing but disdain for CDPR and just wanted the money. And then when the games made him a household name outside of Poland, was annoyed that it wasn't the books that had done it.
When CDPR came to him to license Witcher they offered him a percentage of all sales. He told them to get bent, because they won’t make anything worthwhile anyway and demanded a flat fee of IIRC 10k instead. When Witcher games became a huge success he sued for more money..
And? The law predicted exactly such situation and he was well within his rights.
Correct, the law was on his side. If he was offered the 10k he initially took and not it being a result of his demands I would be on his side as well. He opted for the less risky option - a flat fee - and because of that I don't believe he was morally entitled to the higher, more risky payment structure he flat out refused to consider. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Fortunately, the law disagrees with you and protects the artist, not corporations.