David Pierce

And the threat was, if you don't extend your ticketing deal, we'll take our artists to the other venue across town.

And that is just straightforwardly illegal.

That is just cartoon villain stuff.

And there was no chance they weren't going to be found liable by a jury of regular people who deal with this.

Anyhow, we don't know what's going to happen next.

I continue to believe that the intense monopolization and control of the American economy is a root cause of helplessness.

So just score one for the good guys.

You know, this case took a long time.

The Trump DOJ corruptly tried to leave because, like, Kellyanne Conway was lobbying for Ticketmaster.

The state's got it done, and there's some glimmer of hope that you can fight off the big bads.

Yeah, it definitely remains to be seen how this thing will actually end.

But I am not surprised, but still sort of surprised that they lost this.

I mean, who knows?

I mean, they're going to appeal.

All kinds of dumb stuff.

It's a long way from over.

Yeah.

We're trying very hard to get some of... Live Nation is not going to come on our shows.

We're trying very hard to get the competitors to come on the shows to be like, okay, you've got this ruling.

How much change can you make right away?