The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers
April 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest
Browsing the "Bots" Tag
Ticketmaster using new anti-bot images
February 22nd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
We’re all sick of Ticketmaster’s verification images, the little boxes that need to be clicked as part of the process
Could this Ticketmaster experiment kill ticket-buying bots for good?
August 23rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Concert ticket-buying bots are evil things. With their ability to hammer Ticketmaster’s systems thousands of times a second, there’s no
Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 173: Who’s Buying? Who’s Selling?
February 28th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Are you frustrated by the concert ticket buying experience? You’re not alone. Let’s see if we can sort through it
Guns, Russians and regulations, oh my! Last week in net neutrality
February 26th, 2018 | by Amber Healy
Ajit Pai received a gun from the NRA last week in appreciation for his efforts to overturn Obama-era net neutrality
Angry at ticket-buying bots? You’re not alone.
February 15th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The latest round of concert ticket outrage came when Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour went on sale to
Why It Is So Hard to Buy Concert Ticket, Part 1: The Bots
January 15th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[This is the first of a series of articles I’m writing for Global News. The goal is to explain all
Another Proposal for Protecting Consumers When It Comes to Concert Tickets
December 6th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
I’ve had some conversations with Alan Geland, the founder of Fair Ticket Solutions, a company based out of Vancouver that’s
The Bots Strike Again: Eagles Fans and Swifties Thwarted
December 6th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Eagles fans in BC are not happy. Within seconds of going on sale–yes, seconds–all the tickets for the band’s May
Ontario Concert Ticket Legislation Could Become Law as Early as Wednesday. Here’s the Good and Bad of What’s Coming.
November 24th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
[This is an expanded version of a post from last month. More to come, too. – AC] A year-and-a-half after
Paradise Papers Reveal Massive StubHub Scheme by Canadian Multimillionaire
November 10th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Chances are that if you’ve ever been screwed out of buying tickets for a hot concert, the guy doing the
UPDATE: Ontario Introduces Legislation to Deal with Bots and Scalpers
October 5th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
A year-and-a-half after the country lost its collective crap over the scalping of tickets for the last Tragically Hip tour,
Beating the Bot: How Some Artists are Fighting the Good Fight
October 5th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
[Another assignment was given to current intern-in-residence, Dorothy Lee. – AC] The concert industry has been fighting against scalpers for
Taylor Swift Want to Change the Way Fans Buy Tickets. This Is Gonna Piss Off a Lot of People.
August 26th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Ticketmaster introduced their Verified Fan system a while back as a way of combating ticket-buying bots. Fans can register to
Ticket Scalping Won’t Ever Go Away. Here’s Why.
August 2nd, 2017 | by Alan Cross
The history of scalping tickets to events goes back more than hundred years and perhaps even longer. Can’t you imagine
NY Weighing Paperless Tickets
July 31st, 2017 | by Amber Healy
If you want a fully paperless ticket in New York State, you might be in luck. Right now, it’s the
Membran Entertainment Looking to Battle Bots with Blockchain
July 9th, 2017 | by Amber Healy
Meet Membran Entertainment, a Canadian branch of the Hamburg, Germany-based Membran Entertainment Group. The parent company started in 1969 and
Ontario Government Proposes Measures Against Ticket-Buying Bots and Gouging by Resellers
June 26th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Ever since ticket-buying bots and scalpers scooped up thousands of tickets to last year’s Tragically Hip tour, people have been
Ontario Set to Announce How They’re Going to Take Down Ticket-Buying Bots
June 23rd, 2017 | by Alan Cross
In conversations over the past 18 months with people from the Ontario Attorney General’s office, I’ve been told that the
A Kinder, Gentler Ticketmaster Wants to Know They’re Battling Ticket-Buying Bots
June 11th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
I wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail about Ticketmaster’s effort to become less faceless and more customer-centric. That
Tickemaster Faces Lawsuit over ReCAPTCHA
June 9th, 2017 | by Amber Healy
Turns out, those really annoying photos Ticketmaster uses as part of its ReCAPTCHA verification technology might be infringing on another
Queen + Adam Lambert Make A Stand Against Overpriced Ticket Resales
May 18th, 2017 | by Mathew Kahansky
It seems like progress is finally being made in the fight against ticket bots and the inflated resale market. Queen
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