The Federal Trade Commission filed a bombshell lawsuit against Ticketmaster on Thursday, accusing the online broker of raking in profits through exorbitant fees and turning a blind eye as bots ...

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 ...

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Ticketmaster created the BOTS Act. Now, the FTC is using it to sue the ticketing giant. Barry Kahn explains why in a new guest column.

Ticketmaster (NYSE:LYV) is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission to see whether the company has taken sufficient steps to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, ...

Late last week the FTC and a bipartisan coalition of seven state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation in the Central District of California. The FTC and most of the states brought ...

Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform. The investigation is ...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) demanded Ticketmaster explain whether it misled Congress in 2023 about its handling of bot scalpers – days after the Federal Trade Commission sued the company for ...