From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/4/25 10:00 AM, Gary McGath wrote:   
   > On 9/3/25 5:23 AM, Gary McGath wrote:   
   >> A vendor who was selling AI-generated images was expelled from Dragon   
   >> Con, and the police were called in.   
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   >> https://bleedingcool.com/comics/police-called-on-artist-accused-of-   
   >> selling-a-i-art-at-dragon-con/   
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   > I've learned of another case of police being called to a convention in a   
   > matter related to an exhibitor using AI. In this case, it was protests   
   > that prompted the call, and by one protester's admission, the cop was   
   > more reasonable than the protesters. In both cases, there's no   
   > indication the exhibitor was violating any rules. There were assertions   
   > of plagiarism by the exhibitors, but they lack specifics, and in any   
   > case you don't normally handle plagiarism issues by calling the cops.   
   > Here's my blog post on both situations:   
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   > https://garymcgath.com/police-called-convention-exhibitors/   
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   Actually, DragonCon's contract with artists and vendors prohibits AI   
   artwork from being sold in the Comic and Pop Artist Alley:   
      
      
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   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
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