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Congress has had hearings on this exact issue[0]. I don't think we've had any legislation come from it yet.

> hope we can see some government movement about this at some point.

I do too! I get so sick of Ticketmaster's fees upon fees upon fees and "sorry, your browser isn't Chrome" junk.

Both venues AND artists want it this way, who's going to complain?

TM makes more money for everyone, that's why they use it.

> Both venues AND artists want it this way, who's going to complain?

Consumers?

These days, Ticketmaster would probably be the ones selling the tickets to the FTC hearings to begin with.

Hah!