[thunky]

> Then implement the strict rules!

Who are you suggesting should implement and enforce these rules?

And who determines what a fair ticket price is that will allow fans of all income levels to be able to afford it? If you really want to give poor people access to these cultural opportunities then I would imagine the price is going to have to be pretty low. I remember a $25 ticket being too expensive for me when I was broke. But with your system I would have been able to buy courtside tickets to the NBA finals for about $15? Nice!

[eropple]

This is a silly and frankly ungracious misreading. Nobody is saying that an artist shouldn't be able to price something however they'd like, to target whatever cohort they'd like to target. But if an artist wants to charge $X, a scalper who charges $X+$Y is an asshole, and cutting out those scalpers is a good thing.

Fair ticket lotteries for those willing to pay the artist's desired price are almost certainly the most fair, least evil way to do it.

[thunky]

I had the impression from you previous comments that you wanted the strict rules to prevent artists from maximizing ticket prices since the context is 'ordinary working class people can't afford a lot of concerts any more".

But if you are ok with artists setting high ticket prices as long as scalpers don't get any then I don't disagree.

[eropple]

The context that I am operating under "artists wanting to make things affordable for ordinary people, at their own expense no less, should not have to battle scalpers to make it happen".

[thunky]

Can't argue with that.