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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

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Tobias Tesar

München

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Justin Müller

Mainz

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Florian Maas

Hanau

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Michael Palm

Tengen

Robert Lovell

Köln

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Citie Lo

Berlin

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Luca Maragno

Milano

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jan Werner

Zolling

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Alexander Rein

Diez

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Max Philipp

Berlin

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Andreas Molter

Borken

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Till Teenck

Berlin

Tom Werneck

Haar

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

David Spada

BORGHI

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Thomas Weber

München

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Francesco Testini

Monza

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Reiner Knizia

München

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Aaron Haag

München

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Dean Morris

London

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Eike Jung

Köln

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Martyn F

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