US reps reintroduce pro-transparency Boss Act
The Boss Act 2019, introduced to the US Congress on 13 June, aims to bring "hard regulation and transparency" to the "Wild West" ticketing market
News By IQ | 14 June 2019
On the back of Tuesday’s Federal Trade Commission workshop, three US politicians have reintroduced the dormant Boss Act bill in an attempt to provide “transparency and regulation to the badly corrupted primary and second live events ticket marketplace”.
The Boss Act (Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing) – a sister bill to the ultimately successful Better Online Ticket Sales (Bots) Act, which proscribes the use of ticket bots across the US – was first…