All posts belonging to the Legislation tag can be found in the list below.
The Irish government has approved the drafting of anti-ticket touting legislation that would see penalties of up to €100,000 (£91,000/$117,000) and prison terms of two years for people reselling ti...
Tags: Covid-19, Ireland, Legislation, Resale, ToutingThe UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music is urging the government to amend proposed immigration legislation that would affect music industry workers. The Government is pushing ahead with t...
Tags: Legislation, Music, UK MusicNew Jersey Democratic Congressmen Bill Pascrell has rejected Pearl Jam’s calls to oppose the BOSS Act, a piece of legislation designed to tackle touting and the use of bots. The congressman, who ...
Tags: BOSS Act, Congress, Legislation, Live Nation, Pearl Jam, Resale, TicketmasterArena operators in the US state of Indiana have spoken out against a bill designed to protect a consumer’s right to resell event tickets. Rep. Martin Carbaugh’s House Bill 1331 would ban non-tr...
Tags: Indiana, Legislation, Live Nation, Non-transferTwo Michigan bills have called for legalising ticket resale while also taking a firmer stance on touts that use bots to harvest large amounts of tickets and sell them on at inflated prices. State S...
Tags: Legal, Legislation, Michigan, Resale, Secondary MarketA new piece of legislation in Scotland would see ticket touts fined up to £5,000 ($6,175/€5,636) if caught reselling Euro 2020 passes. The UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill would crimin...
Tags: Euro 2020, Legislation, Resale, Scotland, ToutsThree US representatives have reintroduced the ticketing transparency legislation, known as the BOSS Act, following last week’s Federal Trade Commission workshop on the industry. The federal BOSS...
Tags: Bill, BOSS Act, Bots, BOTS Act, Legislation, Transparency, USLaws that prohibit ticket reselling in Japan have come into force today ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Passed by Japan’s parliament last December, the legislation outlaws a number of acti...
Tags: Bill, Japan, Legislation, Olympics, Scalping, Tokyo 2020The UK government has introduced a bill to prohibit the unauthorised sale of tickets for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The legislation contains a number of temporary measures which all ha...
Tags: Birmingham 2022, Commonwealth Games, Legislation, Major Events, Resale, UKThe European Union Parliament has today (Wednesday) voted in favour of a landmark ruling to ban ticket bots that circumvent purchase rules. MEPs discussed the resale issue for the first time, offic...
Tags: Bots, EU, face-value resale site, Legislation, Software, Touts
