[nooneelse]

Indeed. And what is the incentive for an artist to allow his/her fans to have their wealth extracted by a third party? None. It only makes the fans less able to buy things from the artist in the future.

Louis C.K. is cultivating/nurturing his fans like a gardener cultivates/nurtures a plant. That clearly includes not letting insects eat the leaves off of a plant one intends to get an ongoing crop from.

[ionforce]

The incentive is to allow a specific sect of well-to-do fans access to his show that they didn't get otherwise.

Whether or not you agree with that incentive is entirely separate.

[nooneelse]

I still don't see how that is an incentive to allow a third party to extract anything from the transaction. He could run an auction for tickets himself to satisfy that desire (if he had it).