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Forget Ticketmaster, focus on ticket scalpers

"As technology changes and more venues start selling tickets online, scalpers are no longer those shady looking guys holding up tickets outside the arena. Most states have no restrictions on reselling tickets, even for a big profit.

Ray Waddell, Billboard's touring writer, says scalpers use automated computer programs that buy tickets quickly or tie up ticket phone lines with repeated calls. "It's really getting out of control," Waddell said. "The industry is kind of fed up.""

I really respected Pearl Jam when they tried to take on TicketMaster, but ticket brokers and scalpers are a bigger fraud. Time for legislation?

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