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Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors

Game authors who are not resident in Germany are – like all foreign licensors and artists – affected by the unsatisfactory procedure for exemption from and reimbursement of withholding tax. The SAZ has once again submitted proposals to reduce bureaucracy.

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Success for TTGDA in the “Ace of Spades” case

The Tabletop Game Designers Association (TTGDA), a partner organization of SAZ in the US, has successfully drawn attention to the sensitive handling of illustrations in games with a statement in the wake of the discussion about the design of cards in the game Ace of Spades. The publisher Devir responded immediately and announced measures to replace the affected playing cards and not to allow further sale this version.

We would like to take this opportunity to refer once again to the Code of Respect and Responsibility, which we drafted and published in 2021 together with the SAJ and other international authors.

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Game authors/designers

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Jan Werner

Zolling

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Weber

München

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Alexander Rein

Diez

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Reiner Knizia

München

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Luca Maragno

Milano

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Aaron Haag

München

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Dean Morris

London

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Eike Jung

Köln

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Robert Lovell

Köln

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Till Teenck

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Francesco Testini

Monza

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Tobias Tesar

München

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Andreas Molter

Borken

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Max Philipp

Berlin

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Citie Lo

Berlin

Michael Palm

Tengen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Tom Werneck

Haar

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Martyn F

Nuenen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Martin Student

Göttingen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

David Spada

BORGHI

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Arpad Fritsche

München

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen