Digital Economy Bill signed into law
The bill, which bans ticket bots and requires secondary sellers to provide a unique ticket number with details of seats or standing location, has received royal assent
News By IQ | 28 April 2017
The Digital Economy Bill 2016-17, which criminalises the use of ticket bots in the UK, has received royal assent and become law.
The bill, which also includes provisions relating to online pornography, direct marketing, digital intellectual property and increasing broadband speed, prohibits the misuse of an “electronic communications network” or “electronic communications service” to bulk-buy tickets.
It also builds on the Consumer Rights Act 2015 by requiring secondary ticket sellers to provide a “unique ticket number that may help the…
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