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  • November 2007
    • Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

      Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

      (Newser) - The Hannah Montana tour is hot—tickets sold out in seconds, and resellers are charging as much as 100 times face value for them. And both the speed of sellouts and eye-popping resale prices for popular artists are arousing suspicion. The Washington Post looks at how scalpers use ticket-buying technology, leaving regular consumers out in the cold. More »

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      concert   Hannah Montana   Ticketmaster   scalpers   RMG Technologies

  • October 2007
    • Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

      Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

      (Newser) - Fans frustrated in their pursuit of instantly sold-out online tickets caught a break yesterday when a federal judge halted the use of scalper software on Ticketmaster. RMG Technologies' software let prospectors buy out concerts and resell tickets at inflated prices, Reuters reports. "They're cheating consumers, and we're not going to stand for it anymore," said a Ticketmaster lawyer. More »

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      music industry   concert   Hannah Montana   Ticketmaster   RMG Technologies

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