A Croatian composer has accused CD Projekt Red of ripping off certainly one of his songs as a part of The Witcher Three soundtrack. Elvis Stanic says that the music titled ‘Widow-maker’ on the official soundtrack pulls from a earlier composition of his, and that The Witcher 3’s model of the observe is violating his copyright.
The music itself has roots as a conventional folks quantity, however Stanic says his association alongside vocal group Putokazi is correctly registered as a copyrighted authentic composition. Stanic says he’s obtained no response from CD Projekt, and although the music’s now not obtainable on music companies like Spotify and Google Play, it’s nonetheless being offered as a part of The Witcher 3’s vinyl soundtrack.
Stanic’s allegation was reported earlier this month by Polish outlet Antyradio, and his feedback come through Croatian outlet Bug – and people had been each, in flip, delivered to English language consideration by means of Reddit. CD Projekt has but to reply to Stanic’s assertion. We’ve reached out to the studio for remark, and can replace if we hear extra.
You can hear Stanic’s composition under.
And right here’s the related observe from The Witcher 3.
If you need to take advantage of direct comparability, hearken to 0:20 of the CD Projekt model alongside 1:01 of Stanic’s.
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Witcher author Andrezj Sapkowski sought unpaid royalties from CD Projekt final yr, so it’s actually not the one time the studio has confronted a authorized battle over the sequence. That case was reportedly settled out of courtroom, nevertheless it stays to see what the outcomes will probably be right here.
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