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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

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Luca Maragno

Milano

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Max Philipp

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

David Spada

BORGHI

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Florian Maas

Hanau

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Robert Lovell

Köln

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Aaron Haag

München

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Jan Werner

Zolling

Tobias Tesar

München

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Tom Werneck

Haar

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Michael Palm

Tengen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Alexander Rein

Diez

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Citie Lo

Berlin

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Francesco Testini

Monza

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Justin Müller

Mainz

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Eike Jung

Köln

Till Teenck

Berlin

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Reiner Knizia

München

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Dean Morris

London

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Thomas Weber

München

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Andreas Molter

Borken

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf