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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

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Martyn F

Nuenen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Tobias Tesar

München

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Jan Werner

Zolling

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Reiner Knizia

München

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Martin Student

Göttingen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Alexander Rein

Diez

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Thomas Weber

München

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Justin Müller

Mainz

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Markus Haberbosch

München

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Michael Palm

Tengen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Tom Werneck

Haar

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Robert Lovell

Köln

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Francesco Testini

Monza

Max Philipp

Berlin

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Till Teenck

Berlin

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Arpad Fritsche

München

Dean Morris

London

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Andreas Molter

Borken

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Aaron Haag

München

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Eike Jung

Köln

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Luca Maragno

Milano

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

David Spada

BORGHI