US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial
93 points by voxadam
by jaybrendansmith
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Rock is truly dead. Regulatory capture disguised as antitrust enforcement.
by euroderf
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Follow the money.
by igor47
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More grift from the Trump admin, a Trump ally is on Ticketmaster board and they fired the DoJ antitrust chief last month to make this deal happen. Ticketmaster paying 3 days of revenue as a fine and getting a slap on the wrist. The terms include them promising not to do any more illegal stuff that was already illegal and they just did anyway, such as retaliating against artists and venues that try to oppose them. Meanwhile we get to continue paying a 30% convenience fee for our tickets, the only reasonable remaining way to support artists in the Spotify era, plus we get to use their shitty app.
by suchoudh
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if anyone thinks this is not preplanned is fooling themselves.
I have lost counts of Trump doing insider trading violations. This guy is dangerous not just for US but for entire world order. STOP him.
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