{"id":93201,"date":"2018-07-05T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ticket-touts-face-unlimited-fines-for-using-bots\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T06:03:20","slug":"ticket-touts-face-unlimited-fines-for-using-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ticket-touts-face-unlimited-fines-for-using-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticket touts face unlimited fines for using bots"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMusic industry groups hails law, part of wider effort to crack down on \u2018secondary ticketing\u2019Touts who use automated software known as \u201cbots\u201d to harvest multiple tickets for concerts by artists such as Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran at the expense of genuine fans will face unlimited fines from Thursday.Music industry groups hailed the new law, which comes amid a wider effort to crack down on \u201csecondary ticketing\u201d, where touts use websites such as StubHub and Viagogo to resell seats at in-demand events for vast mark-ups. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Music industry groups hails law, part of wider effort to crack down on \u2018secondary ticketing\u2019Touts...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-off","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47649,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ministers-to-criminalise-use-of-ticket-tout-harvesting-software\/","url_meta":{"origin":93201,"position":0},"title":"Ministers to criminalise use of ticket tout 'harvesting' software","date":"March 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Exclusive: Touts face unlimited fines in move to curb resale of tickets at huge mark-ups before fans can buy them Touts who use computer software to harvest concert tickets in bulk and resell them at vast mark-ups face unlimited fines as part of a crackdown on highly profitable resale\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35722,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-urge-government-to-take-swift-action-to-stop-ticket-touts-using-bots\/","url_meta":{"origin":93201,"position":1},"title":"MPs urge government to take swift action to stop ticket touts using 'bots'","date":"November 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Culture committee chair writes to Karen Bradley calling for the use of software to harvest tickets for resale to be outlawedAn influential group of MPs has urged the government to take immediate action to stop touts using specialist software to buy large numbers of tickets to resell for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30781,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/touts-using-bots-to-buy-tickets-could-face-jail\/","url_meta":{"origin":93201,"position":2},"title":"Touts using bots to buy tickets could face jail","date":"October 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Evidence that consumer rights laws are being routinely flouted has led Nigel Adams MP to table an amendment to digital economy billTouts who use computer software to buy concert tickets for resale at inflated prices could face a prison term, under proposals to be considered by the government. 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