[pedalpete]

To give people what the 'exclusive venue' right look like. If a venue uses ticketmaster, and breaks the contract, they can't sign with another ticket vendor for one year. That pretty much locks everybody else out of the market. Or the venue is going to have one very quiet year.

[Retric]

That's exactly the kind of thing that anti monopoly legislation prevents. So, my guess is those terms are not enforceable unless they have a specific end date. Also, TM is probably fairly lean and kicks back a lot of there margin to any of the major players.

[acgourley]

What if you sold those venues software that let them be their own vendor?

[s73v3r]

It wouldn't be anywhere as convenient as something like the online ticket vendors.

[thwarted]

If a venue uses ticketmaster, and breaks the contract, they can't sign with another ticket vendor for one year.

Can't sign with another vendor per the contract they just broke?

[pedalpete]

Breaking in this sense being "does not renew" contract with Ticketmaster, the venue is not allowed to sign a contract with a new supplier for another year. They are not paying TicketMaster any longer, but they are open to a lawsuit if they sign with another vendor. It's like a one year non-compete.