“Urgent” need for resale regulation in Italy
Assomusica has weighed in on the unfolding secondary ticketing controversy by recommending new legislation and the blocking of non-compliant resale sites
News By | 24 October 2016
Italian promoters’ association Assomusica has announced its opposition to “any unauthorised resale of concert tickets” and called on the country’s competition authority to take action on speculative ticket listings.
The intervention by Assomusica, which represents more than 100 promoters and some 80% of all live shows in Italy, comes after two consumer groups complained to authorities when tickets for Coldplay’s two dates in Milan next July sold out in minutes and immediately appeared on secondary ticketing sites. One complaint, from Altroconsumo, asked…
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