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If It Looks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck, Deny Everything: The ALEC Ticketing Bill Surfaces in Texas to Rip Off Artists

Summary by Music Technology Policy
MTP readers will know that there has been a battle royale over ticketing being waged in state legislatures from Maryland to Colorado to California to Hawaii. The battle is fought by the usual suspects–tech companies trying to extract value as rent-seeking middlemen between artists and their fans. These companies are sometimes called resellers or “secondary ticketing platforms”. They are companies like StubHub, Seatgeek, and others. On the other …
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Music Technology Policy broke the news in on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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