FTC workshop calls for greater enforcement of bot ban

The Federal Trade Commission's online ticket sales workshop, held in Washington earlier this week, addressed ticket bots, holdbacks, fees and more

News By IQ | 13 June 2019

The workshop was held at the Constitution Center in Washington, DC

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday held its first workshop examining online ticket sales, inviting lawmakers, academics and industry representatives from both the primary and secondary markets to examine consumer protection issues in how event tickets are sold on the internet.

Announced last October, the 11 June event included contributions from Ticketmaster’s head of music in North America, David Marcus, Live Nation president of US concerts Bob Roux, SeatGeek founder Russell D’Souza and International Association of Venue…

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