CMS Committee: Ban bots now

The committee, which last week grilled StubHub and Ticketmaster in an evidence session on 'ticket abuse', has recommended "immediate measures" to criminalise ticket bots

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Members of the UK’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee – who earlier this month heard from music and ticketing industry figures in a heated evidence session on ticket abuse – has recommended “immediate measures” to ban the use of ticket bots.

In a letter to culture secretary Karen Bradley (pictured), dated 22 November, which can be read in full here, committee chairman Damian Collins says there is unanimous agreement in the need for “immediate measures to be taken to make…

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