Ticketmaster因FTC诉讼将禁止多账户并关闭TradeDesk平台
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Ticketmaster因FTC诉讼将禁止多账户并关闭TradeDesk平台

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Ticketmaster宣布政策变更,包括禁止多账户操作和关闭TradeDesk平台,此举是在联邦贸易委员会(FTC)指控其与票务经纪人串通后作出的回应。

Ticketmaster宣布了重大政策变更,以回应联邦贸易委员会(FTC)针对该公司与票务经纪人串通,规避购买限制并抬高转售价格的诉讼。该公司将禁止用户运营多个账户,并关闭其为转售商提供票务库存管理的TradeDesk平台。

在10月17日致参议员Marsha Blackburn和Ben Ray Luján的一封信中,Live Nation企业及监管事务执行副总裁Dan Wall表示,“我们得出结论,Ticketmaster因需解释和辩护TradeDesk而遭受的声誉损害超过了其价值。”他补充说,公司正在实施一项政策,允许所有用户(包括经纪人)仅保留一个账户,超出的账户将适时被取消。

FTC于9月提起的诉讼指控Ticketmaster及其母公司Live Nation Entertainment助长票务经纪人绕过购买限制,导致二级市场价格虚高。诉状称,Ticketmaster知晓经纪人使用多个账户及其TradeDesk平台大量购票以高价转售的行为。

Wall驳斥了这些指控,称其“完全错误”,并坚称公司的做法被误解。他强调,虽然经纪人使用多个账户是行业长期存在的做法,但“已经失控”,公司正在采取措施解决这一问题。

全国独立场馆协会(NIVA)对Ticketmaster的声明作出回应,称这些措施“为时已晚,且力度不足,无法重新赢得粉丝、艺术家和演出场地的信任。”NIVA呼吁Live Nation自愿将票务转售价格限制在票面价值,并支持针对该公司的反垄断行动。

FTC的诉讼是针对现场娱乐行业票务行为问题的更广泛努力的一部分,司法部也在对Live Nation和Ticketmaster提起反垄断诉讼。

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Ticketmaster has announced significant policy changes in response to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit alleging the company colluded with ticket brokers to circumvent purchase limits and inflate resale prices.

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The company will now prohibit users from operating multiple accounts and will shut down its TradeDesk platform, which facilitated ticket inventory management for resellers.

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In a letter dated October 17 to Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Luján, Dan Wall, Live Nation's Executive Vice President of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, stated, 'We have come to the conclusion that the reputational harm to Ticketmaster from having to explain and defend TradeDesk exceeds its value.'

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The FTC's lawsuit, filed in September, accuses Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, of enabling ticket brokers to bypass purchase limits, leading to inflated prices on the secondary market.

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Wall refuted the allegations, describing them as 'categorically false' and asserting that the company's practices have been misrepresented.

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The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) responded to Ticketmaster's announcement, stating that the actions are 'too little and too late to get back the trust of fans, artists, and stages.'

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The FTC's lawsuit is part of a broader effort to address concerns over ticketing practices in the live entertainment industry, with the Department of Justice also pursuing antitrust claims against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

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