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Funny/Weird 

This guy made a bot write a song in the style of AC/DC. It did not turn out well.

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments AC/DC, AI, Bots

Sure, it’s possible to get a bot or an AI program to ape writing a song, but until scientists can

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, November 12, 2019

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bots, Facebook, Teenage Head

On this day in 1990. Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for something he called the “world wide web.” Twenty-nine years

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Music Industry 

The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Bots, Concert Tickets, Scalpers

It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest

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Music News 

Ticketmaster using new anti-bot images

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Amber Healy 2 Comments Bots, CAPTCHA, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster

We’re all sick of Ticketmaster’s verification images, the little boxes that need to be clicked as part of the process

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Music Industry 

Could this Ticketmaster experiment kill ticket-buying bots for good?

August 23, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bots, Dice, Ticketmaster

Concert ticket-buying bots are evil things. With their ability to hammer Ticketmaster’s systems thousands of times a second, there’s no

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Music News 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 173: Who’s Buying? Who’s Selling?

February 28, 2018March 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bots, Concert Tickets, Robin, Ticketmaster

Are you frustrated by the concert ticket buying experience? You’re not alone. Let’s see if we can sort through it

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Tech 

Guns, Russians and regulations, oh my! Last week in net neutrality

February 26, 2018February 25, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ajit Pai, Bots, Charlton Heston, CPAC, Eric Schneiderman, FCC, Guns, Lawsuit, Net Neutrality, NRA, Russia

Ajit Pai received a gun from the NRA last week in appreciation for his efforts to overturn Obama-era net neutrality

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Music Industry 

Angry at ticket-buying bots? You’re not alone.

February 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bots, Concert Tickets

The latest round of concert ticket outrage came when Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour went on sale to

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Music Industry 

Why It Is So Hard to Buy Concert Ticket, Part 1: The Bots

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bots, Concert Tickets, Ken Lowson

[This is the first of a series of articles I’m writing for Global News. The goal is to explain all

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Music Industry 

Another Proposal for Protecting Consumers When It Comes to Concert Tickets

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bots, Concert Tickets, Fair Ticket Solutions, Tickemaster

I’ve had some conversations with Alan Geland, the founder of Fair Ticket Solutions, a company based out of Vancouver that’s

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Music Industry 

The Bots Strike Again: Eagles Fans and Swifties Thwarted

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bots, Eagles, Taylor Swift

Eagles fans in BC are not happy. Within seconds of going on sale–yes, seconds–all the tickets for the band’s May

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