{"id":19884,"date":"2016-07-16T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T05:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bands-and-fans-declare-war-on-online-ticket-touts\/"},"modified":"2016-07-16T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T06:05:31","slug":"bands-and-fans-declare-war-on-online-ticket-touts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bands-and-fans-declare-war-on-online-ticket-touts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bands and fans declare war on online ticket touts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBig-name acts are backing an initiative to end ticket resale rip-offs that exploit genuine gig goersThe managers of bands including Arctic Monkeys and One Direction are spearheading a new campaign against online ticket touting that aims to pile pressure on the government to end the resale rip-off.The FanFair Alliance, which was unveiled on Thursday, is designed to unite fans, artists and music businesses against online touts who have been accused of systematically exploiting gig goers, breaching UK laws and diverting revenues from the creative economy. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Related: How the ticket touts get away with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52079,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ticketmaster-accused-of-not-doing-enough-to-thwart-touts\/","url_meta":{"origin":19884,"position":5},"title":"Ticketmaster accused of not doing enough to thwart touts","date":"April 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Company says it makes an effort to stop professional touts bulk-buying tickets for resale at a mark-up but fans group questions agency\u2019s commitmentTicketmaster has been accused of not doing enough to stop professional ticket touts bypassing strict purchase limits imposed on ordinary fans. 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