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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

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Robert Lovell

Köln

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Luca Maragno

Milano

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Jan Werner

Zolling

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Justin Müller

Mainz

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Martyn F

Nuenen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Thomas Franken

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Alexander Rein

Diez

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Michael Palm

Tengen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Thomas Weber

München

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Reiner Knizia

München

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Tom Werneck

Haar

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Florian Maas

Hanau

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Eike Jung

Köln

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Dean Morris

London

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Citie Lo

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

David Spada

BORGHI

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Martin Student

Göttingen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Till Teenck

Berlin

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Arpad Fritsche

München

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Aaron Haag

München

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Andreas Molter

Borken

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Francesco Testini

Monza

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Tobias Tesar

München

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln