Ticketmaster using new anti-bot images
We’re all sick of Ticketmaster’s verification images, the little boxes that need to be clicked as part of the process to verify you’re a human being instead of a ticket bot. (The usefulness
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Ticket bots
Twickets wants to make ticket reselling ethical
What do Eric Church, The 1975, Muse, Queen, Ed Sheeran and Bryan Ferry have in common? Or Mumford & Sons, Spice Girls, George Ezra, Adele, Arctic Monkeys, the Pixies and Noel Gallagher? They’re
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Tickets for Second Branch of Joshua Tree Tour Still Available. Really.
Tickets went on sale Monday morning for the next round of U2’s Joshua Tree tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the landmark album. By Monday night, many seats were still available – and
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Six Companies Pay New York $4 Million for Illegal Ticket Sales
Six companies will be paying big bucks as punishment for illegally picking up tickets for Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Ed Sheeran concerts over the past two years. New York State Attorney General Erich
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Eric Church Cancels 25K Tickets Due To Bot Concerts; Insists Fans Come First
Attention ticket bot users and scalpers: Eric Church is not amused with your shenanigans. The multi-platinum country artist is in the middle of his “Holdin’ My Own” tour, which was announced last August,
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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.
He’s not exactly Robin Hood, nor is he a reformed sinner. But Ken Lowson has seen the concept he pioneered take on a life of its own and he wants to make things
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Want to see Green Day? No problem.
The second leg of Green Day’s Revolution Radio tour went on sale Friday morning with dates in the US and Canada through mid-September. Roughly 48 hours later, seats are still available at every
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Obama Signs Anti-Bot Legislation into Law
This week, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation making it illegal to use ticket bots, those obnoxious software programs that scoop up tickets to concerts and events the second they go on
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Using Ticket Bots Now Illegal in NY
Making good on a promise he issued earlier this year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law a bill making it a crime to use ticket bots. Concert goers and
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US Senate Considers Anti-Bot Legislation
On Tuesday, the US Senate considered legislation that would address ticket bots, the same bill that was passed on Monday in the House of Representatives. Apparently Congress is trying to do some work
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