Google sued in France for advertising resold tickets
A Paris court has ruled in favour of plaintiff Prodiss after the association brought legal action over ads for Viagogo, StubHub and Rocket Ticket
News By IQ | 5 November 2020
A court in Paris has prohibited Google from selling keywords to advertisers, including Viagogo and StubHub, which (re)sell tickets without the promoter’s permission.
Ruling in favour of French live music association Prodiss, which brought the case against Google France and Google Ireland (Google’s European headquarters are in Dublin), the Judicial Court of Paris found Google liable for reputational damage to live entertainment professionals, noting that by accepting advertising from ticket resale sites, it may have given fans the…
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