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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

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Dean Morris

London

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Till Teenck

Berlin

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Citie Lo

Berlin

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Tom Werneck

Haar

Aaron Haag

München

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

David Spada

BORGHI

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Martin Student

Göttingen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Martyn F

Nuenen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jan Werner

Zolling

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Markus Haberbosch

München

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Reiner Knizia

München

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Alexander Rein

Diez

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Justin Müller

Mainz

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Tobias Tesar

München

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Francesco Testini

Monza

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Florian Maas

Hanau

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Arpad Fritsche

München

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Andreas Molter

Borken

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Robert Lovell

Köln

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Michael Palm

Tengen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Thomas Weber

München

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Max Philipp

Berlin

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Eike Jung

Köln

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Luca Maragno

Milano

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld