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Case chronology
Report records artists’ protest at Bell’s AI-portrait booth
Reporting describes artists’ protest against Bell’s free AI-portrait booth. Aaron Reynolds says police facilitated communication with the booth’s manager.
Bell and FAN EXPO Canada respond to the controversy
Bell says the booth used paid local creative work and hand-made overlays, denying copyright and likeness misuse. The organiser reiterates Artist Alley originality declarations and says discussion of new technologies’ effects will continue.
Research question
A commercially sponsored generated-portrait service conflicts with artists’ labor and allocation of convention space.
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