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For Sale Apr 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM

Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans

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Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans | CNN Politics
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Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans | CNN Politics
A jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly in its dominance of the live events and ticketing industry, validating complaints that the industry giant was stifling competition and driving up fees for fans.
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chimatt767 Apr 15, 2026 +44
“The jury found Ticketmaster overcharged states by $1.72 per ticket.” That’s way too low. How did they calculate this?
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bonestamp Apr 16, 2026 +10
> Ticketmaster overcharged states For sure. Ticket master charged me (and probably many of you) $45 in fees, PER TICKET, to the last event I went to. Part of that was a $10 delivery fee... to deliver the ticket data to the app on my phone. Like, I can buy kindle books for less than that delivery fee and they will deliver a whole book to my kindle for no extra charge, and it has DRM in it similar to event tickets to ensure it can be authenticated/not duplicated. So ya, we're getting absolutely overcharged by ticket master on every ticket too.
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StemCellPirate Apr 15, 2026 +23
These guys had to pay out settlement claims for a similar class action lawsuit a few years ago. Criminals continuing to be criminals.
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boxofstuff Apr 15, 2026 +8
I scored about 6 sets of tix from that settlement
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StemCellPirate Apr 15, 2026 +4
Same.
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Ok_Builder_4225 Apr 15, 2026 +3
So long as crooks get fined less than they make instead of being put in prison, what incentive do they have to not fleece us?
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orcas-island Apr 16, 2026 +2
Cost of doing business, same with shitty airplanes, exploding pintos, it’s all dollars and cents.
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KidRed Apr 16, 2026 +1
“Cost of doing business”
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amynoacid Apr 16, 2026 +6
I bought ufc tickets and they added a $180 "convenience" fee. I put money on a fight and won so I broke even and was happy. I don't go to live events anymore.
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bonestamp Apr 16, 2026 +3
Seriously, the fees alone are now more than I used to pay for concert tickets.
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Andovars_Ghost Apr 16, 2026 +2
But… but… we were told the merger would be \*GOOD\* for consumers! You mean they \*lied\* to us? \*SOBS\*
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