The series “W11 – Wydział Śledczy” aired from September 6, 2004 to June 11, 2014. For a decade, the quasi-documentary series about the work of Krakow policemen attracted millions of viewers, as did its sister production, which is to return to the air after many years. Nearly 10 years ago, eight people appearing in both series decided to enter into a dispute with TVN and the Association of Polish Stage Artists for payment of due royalties, including for broadcasting repeats. The actors are demanding a total of PLN 17 million with interest, which was calculated on the basis of the number of broadcasts and the contract concluded between the station and ZASP. The case has been dragging on for years, and some time ago Sebastian Wątroba, a police officer from the “W11” series, announced progress.
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They sued TVN for 17 million outstanding royalties. Things have moved on a bit
Sebastian Wątroba has been involved in acting since 2004, i.e. since his debut in a para-documentary about Krakow’s policemen. After the end of cooperation with TVN, he did not give up performing on screens. He played in such productions as “The Righteous – the Criminal Department” or “The Police Station”, and recently viewers can watch him in the series “Lombard. Życie pod zastaw”. He speaks loudly about the case he brought to TVN together with seven people, including Joanna Czechowska. In an interview with the portal, Sebastian Wątroba admitted that the case is still in the District Court in Warsaw. However, he revealed that “she has moved forward a bit”.
– A material valuation expert has been appointed, ZASP no longer disputes that we are entitled to these royalties, and finally, after eight or nine years of our battle, he sued TVN for royalties for several quasi-documentary series, including “W11 – Investigation Department”, for the amount of PLN 80 million from 2004 – he told Wirtualne Media. As he emphasized, he received information that ZASP received “some money” from the station, but the actors do not know any details. Nevertheless, it can be considered a success. – Our success is that ZASP sued TVN for several series, at least several dozen actors who were robbed by TVN of royalties – he added.
The stars of “W11” and “Detectives” fight TVN. “We were not intimidated”
The conflict between the actors appearing in “W11” and “Detectives” has been loud for years. A few months ago, a former police officer posted a post on Facebook mentioning intimidation and forcing actors to forgo royalties. For several of them, including Sebastian Wątroba.
In W11, the ‘abuse’, threatening us with dismissal, closing the possibility of further career in the media and other threats, if we do not waive royalties in this case, ended up in court, as a result of which we were fired from the series .
he mentioned on Facebook. – We were not intimidated. I think this will be the end of the matter, but if we wait 10 years, we will wait another year or two – he emphasized in an interview with Wirtualne Media.
Source: Gazeta
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