Fair Ticketing Act
Fair Ticketing Act
Fair Ticketing Act

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Fans & Artists
Insisting on Reforms
in Ticketing

Artists create their music and their concerts.
It’s only fair they should decide ticketing rules too.

Fans mean everything to artists, and the best way to ensure a fair ticketing experience for live music fans is to put more control in the hands of the artists themselves. The entertainment industry is coming together in support of Fans & Artists Insisting on Reforms - or FAIR Ticketing - that calls on policymakers to enact reforms that ensure artists can determine how their tickets are sold - not scalpers. More than a dozen of the industry’s top artist coalitions, management groups, music labels, and agencies have signed on to back these artist and fan friendly reforms.

We support FAIR Ticketing Reforms

This united voice from the industry is calling on policymakers to enact common sense reforms that protect fans, artists and the vitality of the live entertainment industry.

FAIR Ticketing Reforms

Artists Should Decide Resale Rules

Protect artists’ ability to use face-value exchanges and limited transfer to keep pricing lower for fans, and prevent scalpers from exploiting fans.

Make it Illegal to Sell Speculative Tickets

Scalpers use deceptive tactics to trick fans into spending more or buying tickets the seller doesn’t even have – this confuses fans and should be banned.

Expand & Enforce the BOTS Act

Policymakers should expand the scope of the BOTS Act and increase enforcement to deter those who break the law, cheating artists and fans in the process.

Crack Down on Resale Sites that are Safe Havens for Scalpers

Resale sites that turn a blind eye to illegally acquired tickets, allow ticket speculation, and ignore artists’ rules need real consequences from policymakers to curb their bad behavior.

Mandate All-In Pricing Nationally

Avoid surprises at check out and give fans the ability to easily compare prices as they shop by mandating all-in pricing that shows the full out of pocket cost of the ticket and fees right upfront.

States Where Scalpers are Steering Ticketing Laws

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Resale is running away with the loot…and the law. To protect fans, laws need to protect artists’ control of tickets.

Advocating for FAIR Ticketing policies has never been more important because artists are actively losing their ability to control their tickets in states all over the country – which is hurting fans, and helping scalpers. 

Six states have already passed legislation protecting resale:

Illinois

Colorado

Connecticut

New York

Utah

Virginia

Six more states are considering new laws to protect resale:

California

Florida

Georgia

Maryland

New Jersey

Washington

Why it Matters?

Scalper lobbyists use terms like “fan freedom” to sound like they are looking out for consumers – but unlimited resale protects scalpers more than fans. Programs like fan-to-fan face value exchanges are designed specifically to ensure fans still have maximum flexibility when buying tickets, but tickets stay at prices artists set. Runaway resale laws make programs like this illegal.

How to Fix It?

FAIR Ticketing is not about locking down resale to any one ticketing site, it’s about letting artists set the terms on which their tickets are sold. If all resellers would play by the rules of content owners, the problem would be solved, and that’s what FAIR reforms aim to make happen.

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/ 2023

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