Polish developer CD Projekt has demanded a €911.80 (£765.06) settlement fee from thousands of German BitTorrent users.
The claim comes in the wake of the widespread piracy of The Witcher 2, which was released in May and widely publicised to be DRM-free, and has caused controversy in the community as many of those being slapped with the fee claim not to have done anything wrong. But CD Projekt stands its ground on the matter:
“We’re addressing only 100% confirmed piracy causes that are 100% possible to prove,” said Michal Nowakowski, CD Projekt’s VP of Business Development in a recent statement, “We are not worried about tracking the wrong people. As this is the trade secret of the company working on this, I cannot share it.”
It’s clear, whatever the truth is, that CD Projekt has been wronged, although its methods of seeking reparations are questionable. There’s every chance too, that by actively pursuing pirates in this way, CD Projekt might make any potential pirates in other countries think twice about disseminating illegal copies of The Witcher 2 and other CD Projekt games.
The Witcher 2 PC sold more than 1 million copies, while CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski estimated recently that over 4.5 million copies of The Witcher 2 had been downloaded illegally since the game launched.
Read our Witcher 2 review on TotalPCGaming.com
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