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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

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Luca Maragno

Milano

Till Teenck

Berlin

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Max Philipp

Berlin

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Aaron Haag

München

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Florian Maas

Hanau

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Tobias Tesar

München

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Eike Jung

Köln

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Andreas Molter

Borken

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Dean Morris

London

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Arpad Fritsche

München

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Tom Werneck

Haar

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Jan Werner

Zolling

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

David Spada

BORGHI

Alexander Rein

Diez

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Michael Palm

Tengen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Thomas Weber

München

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Robert Lovell

Köln

Justin Müller

Mainz

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Reiner Knizia

München

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Citie Lo

Berlin