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    Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury rules / This verdict is the first step toward a potential breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster.


    Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury rules / This verdict is the first step toward a potential breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster.

    https://www.theverge.com/policy/912689/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-monopoly-trial-verdict

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    46 Comments

    3. WashuOtaku on

      First step… there has been many first steps, but none towards a breakup thus far.

    8. DavidTheJohnson on

      I’ve never used Ticketmaster, but from what I can tell, it absolutely seems like a violation of anti-trust rules.

    9. Lorenzoak on

      I can’t wait for the judge to get hit with a $45 ‘Verdict Convenience Fee’, a $30 ‘Gavel Processing Fee’, and an $80 ‘Digital Print-at-Home Ruling Surcharge’

    11. Fantasyfootball206 on

      Anything that happens a legally will be less than the profits they made over the years, so it’s just the cost of doing business for them. Our Govt has zero meaningful teeth when it comes to corporate policing

    13. Clean-Excitement63 on

      The Ticketmaster CEO is about to show up at the White House with a gold bar bribe for the orange man’s personal gold bar bribe collection. 

      The ruling will be nullified in a week’s time. 

    18. DeathMonkey6969 on

      Don’t worry TicketMaster Fans ^((TM)) they’ll make a large donation to DTs ballroom project and the DOJ will quietly drop all farther inquiries about their shady practices.

    19. Fritzo2162 on

      I have never understood why venues can’t handle their own ticket sales? It would solve a lot of these middleman issues.

    20. Overclocked11 on

      In before Ticketmaster lobbies whoever they need to and any court challenges go away for the next decade.

    23. Bobaximus on

      Good! It’s one of the best examples of an industry where competition is badly needed to spur pricing reform.

    26. SgtNeilDiamond on

      Lets hope this results in a drop in prices eventually, I dont even bother looking at live shows now

    28. ButterscotchExactly on

      I will believe it when I see it actually happen and not get reversed somehow

    29. IntelligentStyle402 on

      Biden and Harris were working hard on this. Both, wanted all junk fees eliminated. As well as lowering all prescriptions drugs. Sadly, that isn’t what Americans wanted.

    30. _AmanAmongBots_ on

      Thank fucking god. There should be a rule for industries like this that if you don’t have 10+ companies in the market, it needs to be broken up until there’s at least that much competition.

      The whole reason late stage capitalism fails is because monopolies or oligopolies eliminate the things that supposedly make capitalism work: competition.

    31. milezero13 on

      Rockefeller 2.0….they’re going to get richer by having to sell off assets, and somehow still get their fingers on royalties, and whatever loophole crap they can come up with 🙄.

    34. BallBearingBill on

      It’s so hard to fight these monopolies. Now waiting for Trump to defend them and call out the judges.

    37. minus_minus on

      This merger should have never happened in the first place. Promoters and venues should be prohibited from vertical integration that is so easily abused. 

    39. momofuku18 on

      The big question is why it took so many years to validate the fact. Ticketmaster, during the time, has been and still is making a ton of profits.

    40. trevloki on

      This just tells me they didn’t grease the right palms. Half of the shit we all need is a monopoly now. The prices rise and the service lags in service of the almighty profit God. The capitalism we were sold depended on competition in order to provide good service at a fair price. That lever broke off many years ago now. Probably buried right next to the SEC.

      I’m glad to see at least one monopoly stopped, but how about we take a look at half a dozen other sectors now.

    43. tragedy_strikes on

      Later after the break, the Pope is Catholic, water is wet and bears do shit in the woods./a

      Honestly, though, thank God. Too little competition in so many industries right now.

    44. FiveCrappedPee on

      This won’t happen because Ticketmaster will just pay this dude like five million bucks in Bitcoin and it’ll all go away, that’s the truth of the matter.

      Welcome to the new merica.

    45. guestpassonly on

      Just make ticket reselling companies illegal.

      If you wanna resell your ticket, its gotta be done by the individual buyer or the original company.

    46. Elevated_Dongers on

      I’ll believe it when I see something happen. There’s been talk of this for years.