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News

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

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Michael Palm

Tengen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Tom Werneck

Haar

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Markus Haberbosch

München

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Eike Jung

Köln

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Florian Maas

Hanau

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jan Werner

Zolling

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Francesco Testini

Monza

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Thomas Weber

München

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Arpad Fritsche

München

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Robert Lovell

Köln

Martin Student

Göttingen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Tobias Tesar

München

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Aaron Haag

München

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Citie Lo

Berlin

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Max Philipp

Berlin

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

David Spada

BORGHI

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Luca Maragno

Milano

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Dean Morris

London

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Till Teenck

Berlin

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Alexander Rein

Diez

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Reiner Knizia

München

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Sven M. Kübler

Haan