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22 Tex. Rev. Ent. & Sports L. 37 (2021)
Bringing the News from Ghent to Axanar: Fan Works and Copyright after Deckmyn and Subsequent Developments

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Fan Works and Copyright after Deckmyn
and Subsequent Developments
Aaron Schwabach'
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ......................................... 37
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................ 40
FAN WORKS: THE NEW VOYAGES .........................  41
STORY ELEMENTS AND COPYRIGHT ......................... 44
WHAT PARTS OF A STORY ARE PROTECTED
BY COPYRIGHT? ................................... 48
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND RECLAMATION ............. .51
MURALS AS FAN ART ... ................................ 56
THE GROUND FAN CREATORS HAVE LOST IN THE PAST
DECADE .....................................    59
DECKMYN: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND POLITICAL
EXPRESSION ....................................... 60
STAR TREK - AXANAR .................................... 72
CONCLUSION ............................................. 82
INTRODUCTION
Fan works - works created by consumers of other works and
incorporating elements of those consumed works - offer a lens
through which to view the complex future of copyright law. For a
number of reasons, including the ongoing crisis in copyright law,
changes in the way we consume copyrighted content, and increas-
ing interest in fandom itself, there has been an explosion in
academic interest in fan works. After Rebecca Tushnet's pioneer-
1. Associate Professor of Law, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of
Arkansas at Little Rock. J.D., Berkeley Law.

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