Reports are that the Justice Dept is "preparing" to sue Live Nation (ticketmaster) for antitrust violations, and the people are (or will be) happy!
TM controls 70% of the initial sales of tickets at the country's largest venues and has exclusive contracts with many of them (per Andrew Ross Sorkin).
I still don't understand how the original merger of Live Nation and TM passed antitrust scrutiny but better late than never.
It's About Time
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beantownbubba
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It's About Time
What used to be is gone and what ought to be ought not to be so hard
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As with any good thing that is rumored to be happening, I will believe it when I see it.
Wound up bleeding on the bar floor
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We don't bet on the ball no more
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And if/when we do see it, by then they'll have come up with an entirely new way to rip us off and fuck us over
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Sterling Bigmouth
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I’ll also believe it when I see it. While Ticketmaster is a bastard to deal with, the roots of the problem run even deeper than it and Live Nation. I’m afraid there’s gonna be a lot of band-aids, short-term solutions, and half measures to deal with.
Turn it up to 10 and rip off the knob