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Ticket Touting

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US touting bot ban isn’t enforced and has only been used once since 2021, says Senator Richard Blumenthal public
Live industry news including ticketing, venues, festivals and more • 3 min read

US touting bot ban isn’t enforced and has only been used once since 2021, says Senator Richard Blumenthal

US Senator Richard Blumenthal has called on the country’s Federal Trade Commission to do more to crack down on the dodgy tactics employed by ticket scalpers. The 2016 BOTS Act empowers the FTC to go after touts using bots, but Blumenthal says it has only enforced that law once in eight years…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
FanFair Alliance says “industrial level” touting fraud rife on Viagogo with touts selling thousands of tickets they don’t own public
Viagogo • 5 min read

FanFair Alliance says “industrial level” touting fraud rife on Viagogo with touts selling thousands of tickets they don’t own

FanFair Alliance has identified thousands of tickets listed by supposedly ‘trusted sellers’ on resale platform Viagogo for seats that are still available on primary sites, meaning touts don’t own the tickets they are selling - a practice banned by Viagogo, and which possibly breaks the law in the UK…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Live industry welcomes ticket tout prison sentences public
Ticket Touting • 3 min read

Live industry welcomes ticket tout prison sentences

The live music industry has welcomed the prison sentences handed to four people found guilty of operating a fraudulent ticket resale business. Stuart Camp - who manages Ed Sheeran - said he hoped it would set “an important precedent in the live music industry”…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
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