President Obama Signs Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016

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lefty
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President Obama Signs Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016

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I just came across this- thought some of you good folk might be somewhat interested in it :TU:


This is big news for anyone who struggles to buy tickets online. Today, President Obama has signed the “Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016 which makes it illegal to use software to purchase tickets online. While New York already passed this legistlature, President Obama has made it nationwide. The idea is that it will prevent those whose end goal is to resell them at a higher price.

Under the law, it is illegal for anyone or company to use a bot or software to circumvent the rules for making a fair purchase such as buying more tickets than specified. It is also illegal to resell tickets that were purchased with the help of the bot. With this law, it makes the person(s) and those who know how the tickets were purchased liable
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http://bythewavs.com/president-obama-si ... -act-2016/
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Are tickets being underpriced?

If tickets were priced at market value then touts wouldn't make such a big profit, would they?
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Horse wrote:Are tickets being underpriced?

If tickets were priced at market value then touts wouldn't make such a big profit, would they?
I said something similar Horse but I got some comments regarding the negative nature of an unrestricted/unregulated free market which I can understand.
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