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Petition Stop the touts by closing ticket re-selling sites

Online ticket re-selling websites are becoming gateways for people to buy tickets for events they have no intention of attending, and sell at an inflated price. This could be concerts, sporting/children's events, etc. This removes ability to purchase tickets through the proper outlets.

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These sites should be banned by law.

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MPs investigating ticket harvesting and reselling

A group of MPs called the Culture, Media and Sport Committee are investigating digital ticket harvesting and reselling in a one-off public session.
 
On Tuesday 15 November at 10.30am they will question experts about the problem of using software to harvest tickets from primary sellers’ online sites and selling them on at inflated prices to the detriment of fans, artists and organisers of entertainment and sporting events via the secondary market.

The session will also look at the problems caused by digital ticket purchasing software, also known as 'bots', and the reselling of tickets to major events harvested by touts, with a range of relevant interested parties.
 
You can watch the session live from 10.30am Parliament TV:
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/535213c5-7a2d-42f6-944f-13f370a4f3cb?utm_source=petition&utm_campaign=106996&utm_medium=email&utm_content=parliamenttv
 
You can find out more about the session including who they will be questioning on the Committee's webpage:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news-parliament-2015/ticket-abuse-evidence-16-17/?utm_source=petition&utm_campaign=106996&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newstory
 
What is the Culture Media and Sport Committee?
 
The Culture Media and Sport Committee looks at how the Government Department of Culture Media and Sport:

    ○ is run
    ○ spends money
    ○ decides on its policies
     

It's a cross-party committee and is independent of the Government.
 
You can find out more about the Culture Media and Sport Committee on its website:
http://www.parliament.uk/cmscom?utm_source=petition&utm_campaign=106996&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cmscommittee

You can follow the Culture Media and Sport Committee on Twitter: @CommonsCMS
 
This is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c