[pedalpete]

It isn't just that the venues have exclusive contracts, its also that if they break the exclusivity contract with TicketMaster, they can't use a competing service for 2 years (though I can't find proof of this, when I worked in venues 20 years ago, this was the case).

SongKick took a stab at breaking TicketMaster, as did PearlJam, and a few others. Everyone has failed so far.

This is clearly monopolistic and harmful to concert goers, and StubHub (also a Ticketmaster/LiveNation company) was fined a few years ago for selling tickets at a premium which were never made available to the public.

The whole industry is so shady, it's pathetic that this is allowed to continue.

[KptMarchewa]

> It isn't just that the venues have exclusive contracts, its also that if they break the exclusivity contract with TicketMaster, they can't use a competing service for 2 years (though I can't find proof of this, when I worked in venues 20 years ago, this was the case).

How is that legal under Sherman Act?

[georgeplusplus]

It's probably not along with many other industries that sorely need the Sherman act, but the DOJ would have to bring charges and sometimes it's not politically popular especially during periods of bad economy to do so

[pedalpete]

This isn't the first time LN/TM have been been through this process.

Ian Hogarth of SongKick describes how he first fought the anti-trust.

https://twitter.com/soundboy/status/1593549611431493632

[KptMarchewa]

Well, it actually happened right now. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-opens-antitrust-probe-in...

[georgeplusplus]

Happy to see.