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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

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Martin Student

Göttingen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Citie Lo

Berlin

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Andreas Molter

Borken

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Francesco Testini

Monza

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Eike Jung

Köln

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Till Teenck

Berlin

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jan Werner

Zolling

Michael Palm

Tengen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Robert Lovell

Köln

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Aaron Haag

München

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Luca Maragno

Milano

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Markus Haberbosch

München

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Max Philipp

Berlin

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Florian Maas

Hanau

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Dean Morris

London

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Reiner Knizia

München

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Tobias Tesar

München

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Alexander Rein

Diez

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Tom Werneck

Haar

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Moritz Schuster

Herne

David Spada

BORGHI

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Thomas Weber

München

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen