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FTC Sues Ticket Reseller

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  1. Melody Bot

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    Rolling Stone:

    The complaint alleges that between Nov. 1, 2022 and Dec. 30, 2023, the defendants bought at least 379,776 tickets for approximately $57 million. A portion was allegedly resold on secondary marketplaces for approximately $64 million.

    To scoop up all those tickets, the FTC alleges that the defendants used “thousands of fictitious Ticketmaster accounts, thousands of virtual and traditional credit card numbers, proxy or spoofed IP addresses, and SIM banks to bypass or otherwise avoid security measures, access control systems, or other technological controls or measures on Ticketmaster’s websites that would have otherwise blocked or prevented them from violating Ticketmaster’s posted ticket purchase limits.”

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  2. thisisacting__

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    God I hate the ticketing industry. Close it all down. Ticketmaster, Live Nation, these leeches bottom feeding—all of them need to burn. I don’t go to concerts anymore because it’s become so grossly overpriced.
     
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  3. “Under the FTC’s interpretation, anyone who purchases more than four tickets or uses more than one account could be deemed in violation of federal law.” - Defendant in the suit
    … uh yeah that’s literally the point. The ticket limit is there to be a limit. I’m no lawyer but I’m pretty sure if I tried to argue in court “anyone who goes over 65 in a 65 MPH zone could get a ticket” I’d be laughed out of court lol. Hope this company gets shuttered from this lawsuit