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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Okay, what are you saying? You are such a moron. Yeah, it's one or the other. Oh, what a moron. Whether it's legal has also been a bit vague. The 2016 BOTS Act makes it illegal to circumvent a security measure used by the ticket issuer to enforce posted event ticket purchasing limits. But the Federal Trade Commission has enforced the act just once, even as brokers seem to violate it daily.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Okay, what are you saying? You are such a moron. Yeah, it's one or the other. Oh, what a moron. Whether it's legal has also been a bit vague. The 2016 BOTS Act makes it illegal to circumvent a security measure used by the ticket issuer to enforce posted event ticket purchasing limits. But the Federal Trade Commission has enforced the act just once, even as brokers seem to violate it daily.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

So this is an executive order. President Trump has now called on the FTC to rigorously enforce the BOTS Act, giving them six months to make a plan.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

So this is an executive order. President Trump has now called on the FTC to rigorously enforce the BOTS Act, giving them six months to make a plan.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

So this is an executive order. President Trump has now called on the FTC to rigorously enforce the BOTS Act, giving them six months to make a plan.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I know, he only signs with Sharpies. Struggling to carry out the law, stopping brokers has been the job of ticket companies. We get to help people get to these magical moments. Mostly Ticketmaster. Is it your goal to get tickets in the hands of people who intend to go to the show rather than people who just are buying the ticket to resell it? Oh, 100%.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I know, he only signs with Sharpies. Struggling to carry out the law, stopping brokers has been the job of ticket companies. We get to help people get to these magical moments. Mostly Ticketmaster. Is it your goal to get tickets in the hands of people who intend to go to the show rather than people who just are buying the ticket to resell it? Oh, 100%.

The Commercial Break
Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I know, he only signs with Sharpies. Struggling to carry out the law, stopping brokers has been the job of ticket companies. We get to help people get to these magical moments. Mostly Ticketmaster. Is it your goal to get tickets in the hands of people who intend to go to the show rather than people who just are buying the ticket to resell it? Oh, 100%.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Dan Wall is a longtime top lawyer for Ticketmaster. And what kind of grade would you give yourself on how that's going at the moment?

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Dan Wall is a longtime top lawyer for Ticketmaster. And what kind of grade would you give yourself on how that's going at the moment?

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Dan Wall is a longtime top lawyer for Ticketmaster. And what kind of grade would you give yourself on how that's going at the moment?

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Well, are you getting it even that much? Anywhere near 99.9% when millions and millions of tickets are being sold by scalpers.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Well, are you getting it even that much? Anywhere near 99.9% when millions and millions of tickets are being sold by scalpers.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Well, are you getting it even that much? Anywhere near 99.9% when millions and millions of tickets are being sold by scalpers.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I'm sure you have. And they buy tickets... And then they resell them. And then they buy some more tickets. And they resell them. But their Ticketmaster account doesn't get closed. Why aren't you able to spot the folks doing this and close those accounts? We spot a lot of them. That's bullshit.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I'm sure you have. And they buy tickets... And then they resell them. And then they buy some more tickets. And they resell them. But their Ticketmaster account doesn't get closed. Why aren't you able to spot the folks doing this and close those accounts? We spot a lot of them. That's bullshit.

The Commercial Break
Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

I'm sure you have. And they buy tickets... And then they resell them. And then they buy some more tickets. And they resell them. But their Ticketmaster account doesn't get closed. Why aren't you able to spot the folks doing this and close those accounts? We spot a lot of them. That's bullshit.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Period. Form is StubHub, which sold 40 million tickets last year. 40 million. Five years ago, it was. that have been? Millions, and now we're in the tens of millions. We spoke to Chris Miller before he stepped down as StubHub's chief business officer.

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Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Period. Form is StubHub, which sold 40 million tickets last year. 40 million. Five years ago, it was. that have been? Millions, and now we're in the tens of millions. We spoke to Chris Miller before he stepped down as StubHub's chief business officer.

The Commercial Break
Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

Period. Form is StubHub, which sold 40 million tickets last year. 40 million. Five years ago, it was. that have been? Millions, and now we're in the tens of millions. We spoke to Chris Miller before he stepped down as StubHub's chief business officer.