Massachusetts Broker Settles With Washington in Bot Case
A Massachusetts-based ticket broker signed a consent decree in Washington, agreeing to pay $60,000 in costs and fees in connection...
Ticketmaster Fires Back at Prestige Entertaiment Attempt to Dismiss Bot Suit
Ticketmaster fought back against an attempt to have its suit against Prestige Entertainment and related entities dismissed on Monday in...
StubHub Responds to Ontario’s New Ticket Resale Law
After months of back-and-forth between Canadian lawmakers and ticket industry leaders, The Candian Press announced today that Ontario passed the...
Cyber Bots Target Holiday Toys
“Bots”, the high-speed technology usually employed to purchase mass amounts of tickets for the purpose of inflated resale, are now...
Alberta Aims at Ticket Resale Reform, Banning of “Bots”
Following in the footsteps of Ontario, the Canadian province of Alberta has announced legislation aimed at restricting the resale of...
Opinion: Peering Behind the Propaganda at Why “Verified Fan” Exists
by Sam Pocker, Special to TicketNews I wanted to take a moment to explain Ticketmaster’s “Verified Fan” program as succinctly...
Opinion: Legislation Against Resale Causes More Problems Than It Solves
by Marni Soupcoff This post originally appeared on CBC.ca’s opinion section. In a recent interview with the Toronto Star, Ontario...
“Bot” Scare Causes Ticketing Shift for Portland Evanescence Show
Concerns about unusual purchasing activity related to ticket bots caused the venue of an upcoming Evanescence show to take an...
Ontario AG Naqvi Floats New Rules to Battle Scalping, Bots
After announcing late last week that a survey indicated broad support for reforms in the ticket industry, Ontario Attorney General...
Ontario to Examine Ticket Sale Reforms, Bot Ban
After a period of public comment found widespread support for more transparent sales and a ban against automated ticket purchasing...
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