All posts belonging to the Legislation tag can be found in the list below.
Arena 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, ToutsThe British Columbian government has introduced a Tickets Sales Act to prohibit the use of bots and implement transparency standards for sellers. The legislation bans the use of automated software,...
Tags: Bots, British Columbia, Legal, Legislation, pricing, Resale, Tickets Sales ActViagogo has defended itself and the resale market in Australia by engaging with politicians about its business model, and urging them not to restrict the resale market. The ticketing firm’s Cris ...
Tags: Australia, Cap, Legal, Legislation, Resale, ViagogoIreland’s minister for business and enterprise, Heather Humphreys, has rejected Viagogo’s claims that anti-touting legislation is unconstitutional. The controversial ticketing site sent legal a...
Tags: Bill, Ireland, Legislation, Viagogo
