Ticketmaster has a new name for its restricted tickets: “Fan Protected Paperless Ticketing.” But who exactly are they protecting, and how?
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News & Updates
The latest info from the Fan Freedom team.
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“Decades of experience have taught fans – firsthand – that they need protection from Ticketmaster, not by Ticketmaster, a company that is continually expanding its grip on nearly every step of production and presentation of live entertainment events.”
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Andrew Laubmeier, a student at the University of Minnesota, took a stand for fans’ rights in a letter to the editor of the Minnesota Daily.
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Congress reintroduced bipartisan legislation this week prohibiting restrictive paperless tickets and preventing ticket issuers from penalizing consumers who resell their tickets.
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The North Carolina General Assembly introduced ticket legislation late last week to protect the rights of live event fans in North Carolina.
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Today’s votes send a strong signal to fans across Minnesota that when they buy event tickets, they own them.
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Minnesota House and Senate Committees voted to approve legislation that protects fans’ rights to sell and transfer their tickets on the open market without restrictive limitations. We expect that the legislation will now move to the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be considered further in the House.
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Updates
Take Action in Connecticut
Connecticut Fans – this week, the state legislature’s General Law Committee is considering a bill that will help protect the rights of fans. We need all our supporters in Connecticut to e-mail the Co-Chairs of the General Law committee and tell them that they support the bill.
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The legislation requires the ticket industry to disclose the number of tickets that are available to the public for all live events.
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In The News
Solution: Offer Paper Tickets
James Lilesk, a columnist with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune presents an easy solution to the many problems created by paperless tickets: “Do what New York state did, and offer paper tickets as well. Problem solved.” Lilsek’s entire column can be read here.