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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

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Andreas Molter

Borken

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Tom Werneck

Haar

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Michael Palm

Tengen

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Robert Lovell

Köln

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Thomas Weber

München

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Martin Student

Göttingen

David Spada

BORGHI

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Martyn F

Nuenen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Aaron Haag

München

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Florian Maas

Hanau

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Alexander Rein

Diez

Reiner Knizia

München

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Tobias Tesar

München

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Markus Haberbosch

München

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Max Philipp

Berlin

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Till Teenck

Berlin

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Citie Lo

Berlin

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Jan Werner

Zolling

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Eike Jung

Köln

Arpad Fritsche

München

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Luca Maragno

Milano

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Dean Morris

London

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen