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Brian Berry, executive director of the Ticket Policy Forum<\/a>, a coalition of America\u2019s leading ticket marketplaces and competitors to Ticketmaster, issued the following statement in response to the jury verdict in the Live Nation-Ticketmaster trial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This verdict validates what fans, venues, artists, and our member companies have long experienced: Live Nation-Ticketmaster is not just dominant, it is an illegally abusive monopoly. Finally, the monopoly is being held accountable in court. Now is the time for lawmakers to step up and fight back, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks to the unprecedented leadership of a bipartisan coalition of more than 30 state attorneys general, a jury has now confirmed that the Ticketmaster monopoly makes live events less competitive and more expensive. This verdict must lead to structural remedies because fans, artists, and venues deserve an open market with real competition, and nothing short of breaking up Live Nation and Ticketmaster will suffice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Live Nation undoubtedly appeals, lawmakers should beware that the company is redoubling its lobbying efforts for policies like government-imposed price controls on ticket resale competitors. These Live Nation-Ticketmaster policies\u00a0would cement this monopoly\u2019s control even further and risk undermining the court\u2019s verdict\u00a0by throttling competing ticket sellers while\u00a0allowing Ticketmaster to raise\u00a0prices as high as it wishes. If the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly supports a policy, lawmakers should oppose it. State attorneys general and a jury stood up to this monopoly; now, state legislatures should make sure Ticketmaster can\u2019t rewrite the rules and crush the last remaining competition it faces.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the trial, see Ticket Policy Forum\u2019s trial brief here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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