Rejected petition Stop ticket touts in the UK reselling concert tickets for extortionate prices

In the UK there are 4 major ticket resellers, StubHub, Ticketmaster Get Me In, Viagogo and Seatwave. They use specialist software to harvest thousands of tickets from primary ticket selling sites and resell them at extortionate prices. Taking money from the music industry and tickets from real fans

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This website outlines exactly what ticket touting means and why it should be stopped

http://fanfairalliance.org/faqs/

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171819

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Date submitted 6 February 2017
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