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Fans of pop culture genre works, like television series based on science fiction and Wild West themes, have expressed their enthusiasm for these programs by creating original art works featuring characters and scenes from these programs. The mid-sixties series Star Trek heralded a heightened level of fan art creativity, which has grown exponentially in the digital age. Fan art sites like DeviantArt.com and the Otaku.com (featuring anime fan art) offer a showcase for these works. This panel will explore the impact of copyright's "transformative" doctrine on infringement claims in fan art, the uneasy relationship between original creators and production companies and the fan artist community, and the growing problem of fan art in the pop culture convention space.

The Section held a virtual business meeting prior to the Annual Meeting.