A big concert means a big ticket price these days. Last year, the average cost for a concert was $135.92, according to Pollstar. In 2019 it was $91.86. And in 1996 the average ticket price would set ...

The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ...

The ticketing industry has made waves in recent years, plagued by reports of fan frustrations and poor consumer protections. Now, one of the industry's biggest players finds itself in governmental ...

As someone who often tries (and fails) to buy tickets to various shows and hosts ticketed events myself, I know how broken America’s ticket industry is. If you’ve ever tried to buy a ticket to see ...

As we continue our series called Cost of Living: The Price We Pay, we're going to look at the high prices for concert tickets. The strange economics of the ticket market has given rise to reseller ...

(CBS DETROIT) - A Michigan House committee approved a bipartisan plan to crack down on automated ticket bots, like the ones that snagged all the tickets for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and drove up ...

A package of Michigan House bills is working its way through Lansing to prevent bots from grabbing online event tickets and reselling them for a higher value. The so-called "Taylor Swift" bills are a ...

A push to protect those who love attending live entertainment is making its way to the senate floor at the state capitol. The ...

Bills to outlaw the use of computer bots to buy event tickets passed in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday. Ticket bots gained extra attention a few years ago when scammers used them to buy ...

“Any tickets that have been identified to have been purchased by bots will be refunded,” Ticketmaster U.K. recently specified of the process, “as this violates the tour’s terms and conditions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Marsha Blackburn blasted Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation on Thursday for its “very insufficient” response to ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct information on the percentage of the total ticket cost Ticketmaster receives. A big concert means a big ticket price these days. Last year, the ...