Hearing set for Bots Act; Ticketfly lends support

The Pandora-owned ticketing company has joined the InTrust Bank Arena in Wichita in backing the anti-bot bill, which will be discussed in the Senate tomorrow

News By | 12 September 2016

Sen. Moran, who also chairs the Senate consumer protection subcommittee

Ticketfly has thrown its weight behind the Bots Act, the proposed piece of legislation that would criminalise the use of ticket bots in the United States.

Should it be made law, the Bots (Better Online Ticket Sales) Act – introduced to the US Senate by Jerry Moran, the Republican junior senator from Kansas, who will tomorrow chair a hearing to discuss the bill – would “prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to tickets for…

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