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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

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Dean Morris

London

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

David Spada

BORGHI

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Till Teenck

Berlin

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Arpad Fritsche

München

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Tobias Tesar

München

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Luca Maragno

Milano

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Tom Werneck

Haar

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Michael Palm

Tengen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Robert Lovell

Köln

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Citie Lo

Berlin

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Eike Jung

Köln

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Justin Müller

Mainz

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Francesco Testini

Monza

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Aaron Haag

München

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Thomas Weber

München

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Reiner Knizia

München

Andreas Molter

Borken

Florian Maas

Hanau

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde