All posts belonging to the Legislation tag can be found in the list below.
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in mind, Japanese lawmakers have revealed plans to submit a bill that would prohibit ticket resale for profit. As it stands, Japan does not ha...
Tags: Ban, Bill, Japan, Legislation, Olympics, Resale, Tokyo 2020, ToutsLegendary music promoter Harvey Goldsmith has called on Irish politicians to “be brave” and pass an anti-touting bill. Business Minister Heather Humphreys hopes to pass a piece of legislation t...
Tags: Anti-Tout Bill, Harvey Goldsmith, Ireland, Legislation, Promoter, ViagogoAn Irish politician is hoping to halt an anti-touting bill in order to protect jobs at the controversial resale firm Viagogo. Viagogo has an office in Castletroy, Limerick, where 150 staff are curr...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Ireland, jobs, Legislation, Resale, Scalping, ViagogoNew Jersey governor Phil Murphy is being urged not to sign a bill that would scrap legislation capping ticket holdbacks to five per cent. Venue owners in the state have heavily endorsed the bill, w...
Tags: Bill, Holdbacks, Law, Legislation, New Jersey, Phil MurphyThe new Ontario government has deferred the ticket price cap section of a controversial anti-touting bill, a CBC News/Toronto Star investigation has found. The newly elected Progressive Conservativ...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Canada, Law, Legislation, Ontario, Price Cap, Ticket Sales ActTouts that use bots in the UK are to begin facing unlimited fines as of today (Thursday). Through the addition to the Digital Economy Act, which became law in 2017, those that employ automated soft...
Tags: Bots, CMA, Digital Economy Act, Fines, Law, Legislation, Reg Walker, Touts, UKNew York has passed a bill to extend and expand the rules surrounding the secondary ticketing market within the state. The new laws will enforce resellers to make it clear when they are listing tic...
Tags: Bill, Law, Legislation, New York, NY, Regulation, Resale, Secondary MarketThe Irish government has revealed it did not support the recent anti-touting bill that would see price inflation on resale sites banned. Sinn Féin TD Maurice Quinlivan’s bill would make it illeg...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Bill, Cap, Face Value, Ireland, Legislation, ToutsThe UK’s competition watchdog has defended the nine-month implementation period that ticketing operators have been given to comply with new rules. The Fanfair Alliance yesterday told TheTicketing...
Tags: CMA, Cricket, Legislation, Resale, StubHub, UTNSee Tickets and UK promoter Crosstown Concerts have become the first outlets to implement Unique Ticket Numbers (UTNS). The UTNs will be added to passes for the Pixies’ concerts at the London Rou...
Tags: Consumer Rights Act, Crosstown Concerts, Digital Economy Bill, Fraud, Legislation, Pixies, See Tickets, Unique Ticket Numbers, UTNs
