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Ticket bots

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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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Twickets wants to make ticket reselling ethical

January 21, 2019January 20, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Adele, Arctic Monkeys, Bryan Ferry, Ed Sheeran, Eric Church, George Ezra, Newport Folk Festival, Noel Gallagher, PIxies, Queen, Spice Girls, The 1975, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster, Tickets, Twickets

What do Eric Church, The 1975, Muse, Queen, Ed Sheeran and Bryan Ferry have in common? Or Mumford & Sons,

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Tickets for Second Branch of Joshua Tree Tour Still Available. Really.

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments Joshua Tree Tour, Secondary Market, StubHub, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster, U2

Tickets went on sale Monday morning for the next round of U2’s Joshua Tree tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of

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Six Companies Pay New York $4 Million for Illegal Ticket Sales

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments Eric Schneiderman, New York State, Ticket bots

Six companies will be paying big bucks as punishment for illegally picking up tickets for Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Ed

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Eric Church Cancels 25K Tickets Due To Bot Concerts; Insists Fans Come First

February 22, 2017February 21, 2017 Amber Healy 2 Comments Eric Church, Holdin My Own tour, Scalpers, Secondary Market, Ticket bots, Tickets

Attention ticket bot users and scalpers: Eric Church is not amused with your shenanigans. The multi-platinum country artist is in

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Meet the Man Who Invented the Ticket-Buying Bots That Have Been Screwing You. He’d Like to Say He’s Sorry.

February 21, 2017February 22, 2017 Amber Healy 3 Comments Ken Lowson, primary sellers, Resellers, StubHub, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster

He’s not exactly Robin Hood, nor is he a reformed sinner. But Ken Lowson has seen the concept he pioneered

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Want to see Green Day? No problem.

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments Green Day, Guns 'N Roses, summer tour, Ticket bots

The second leg of Green Day’s Revolution Radio tour went on sale Friday morning with dates in the US and

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Obama Signs Anti-Bot Legislation into Law

December 17, 2016December 28, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments BOTS Act, President Obama, Resellers, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster

This week, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation making it illegal to use ticket bots, those obnoxious software programs

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Using Ticket Bots Now Illegal in NY

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Amber Healy 2 Comments Andrew Cuomo, Green Day, Scalpers, The Tragically Hip, Ticket bots

Making good on a promise he issued earlier this year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law

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US Senate Considers Anti-Bot Legislation

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Amber Healy 1 Comment Congress, Future of Music Coalition, legislation, LiveNation, NATB, PerimeterX, Ticket bots, Ticketfly

On Tuesday, the US Senate considered legislation that would address ticket bots, the same bill that was passed on Monday

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