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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

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Florian Maas

Hanau

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Francesco Testini

Monza

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

David Spada

BORGHI

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Luca Maragno

Milano

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Till Teenck

Berlin

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Reiner Knizia

München

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Dean Morris

London

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Tobias Tesar

München

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Michael Palm

Tengen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Aaron Haag

München

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Arpad Fritsche

München

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Citie Lo

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Thomas Weber

München

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Eike Jung

Köln

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Martin Berger

Leonberg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Jan Werner

Zolling

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Martyn F

Nuenen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Tom Werneck

Haar

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Robert Lovell

Köln

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Markus Haberbosch

München

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Max Philipp

Berlin

Andreas Molter

Borken

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth