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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.