Ticketmaster, resellers and consumer advocates battle over paperless tickets

What could be more inoccuous than paperless tickets? It even has an environmentally friendly ring to it.

On the contrary, paperless tickets are  becoming the latest grounds for a skirmish between Live Nation Entertainment’s Ticketmaster, ticket resellers and consumer advocates.

Backed by Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster, a group of concert promoters and artist managers this week declared war on resellers who buy tickets in bulk and then resell them on sites such as StubHub, Craigslist and elsewhere.

“It erodes the heart of our business,” said Randy Levy, an independent concert promoter who is a member of the group, dubbed the Fans First Coalition.

The solution: “paperless tickets” that are largely non-transferable. That means only the original buyer can claim the ticket on the day of the event.

Not so fast, says the Fan Freedom Project, backed by the National Consumers League and founded earlier this year by Jon Potter, former director of the Digital Media Assn.

Potter argues that the real agenda for promoters who back paperless tickets is to prevent consumers from selling or giving away tickets they have purchased.

“Consumers should have the right to determine what they can do with a ticket once they’ve purchased it,” Potter said. “That means being able to sell it at both higher or lower than face value.”

The controversy over paperless tickets is not new. Miley Cyrus and Bruce Springsteen both experimented with paperless ticketing back in 2009 for their concert tours.

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Skrillex
Starland Ballroom
Sayreville, NJ
Sun, Oct 9, 2011 07:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
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Down with Webster
Western Fair Grandstand
London, ON
Thu, Sep 15, 2011 07:30 PM

Onsale to General Public
This Presale Starts at: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 AM EDT

Presale
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UWO PRESALE
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Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
Tallahassee, FL
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 07:30 PM

Onsale to General Public
The presale begins at: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 AM EDT

Venue Presale
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Blondie
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
Alpharetta, GA
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 08:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Starts: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 AM EDT

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Sade with very special guest John Legend
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Greensboro, NC
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 08:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
This Presale Starts at: Sat, 07/23/11 10:00 AM EDT

VIP Packages
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This Presale Ends at: Sat, 08/20/11 05:00 PM EDT

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Colbie Caillat
House of Blues Boston
Boston, MA
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 07:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
The presale begins at: Sat, 07/23/11 12:00 PM EDT

Fan Club Presale
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Ends: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 PM EDT

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Circa Survive
Starland Ballroom
Sayreville, NJ
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 06:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Start: Sat, 07/23/11 12:00 PM EDT

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The Live Nation/IMP Wars Are Not Over

It’s a big day for concert behemoth Live Nation: The company announced the first handful of shows at its new Fillmore venue in Silver Spring. It’s also been an ugly week: The company is engaged in an astroturf battle with online ticket reseller StubHub. Live Nation started a non-profit called the Fans First Coalition, StubHub started the similarly named Fan Freedom Project, and the two have been scrapping over control of the legal ticket-scalping market. Both groups claim to speak for consumers; neither group is especially palatable. Making things even uglier is the fact that Live Nation isn’t exactly being altruistic: Its Ticketmaster division owns the smaller ticket resellers TicketsNow and TicketsExchange. Neither group wants a ban on scalping; Live Nation wants an allowance for paperless ticketing—meaning, you pick up your ticket by presenting your credit card at the venue—that could cripple a third-party reseller like StubHub.

Wading into the fray? Seth Hurwitz, owner of local promoter I.M.P. and a frequent legal opponent of Live Nation. The Fillmore Silver Spring is poised to be a major competitor to the I.M.P.-booked 9:30 Club.

In an interview with TicketNews, Hurwitz aims some pointed arrows at Live Nation over its Fans First campaign, which he says approached him about joining its coalition. “My first reaction was are you kidding me? Why are you asking me? Have you stopped scalping tickets, and of course the answer was no,” Hurwitz tells TicketNews. “That’s like Peta sponsoring a Ted Nugent tour. With a taxidermy business on the side, for animals killed the ‘right’ way. It’s absurd.”

Hurwitz tells TicketNews that his opposition to Fans First Coalition has nothing to do with his ongoing legal battle with Live Nation—OK, fair enough. But although one lawsuit was dismissed in March, I.M.P. still has a pending antitrust suit against Live Nation.

Expect more on all of this soon.

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John Hiatt
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 08:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
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Guerilla Union
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA
Wed, Sep 28, 2011 08:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Start: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 AM EDT

Citi® Cardmember Preferred Tickets
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Judas Priest
Prairie Capital Convention Center
Springfield, IL
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 07:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
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Cincinnati Bengals
Paul Brown Stadium
Cincinnati, OH
Thu, Aug 25, 2012 07:00 PM – Sun, Jan 1, 2012 01:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Starts: Sat, 07/23/11 09:00 AM EDT

Season Ticket Holder Presale
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Judas Priest
Prairie Capital Convention Center
Springfield, IL
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 07:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Start: Sat, 07/23/11 10:00 AM CDT

Club PC3 Presale
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Trentemoller
Showbox at the Market
Seattle, WA
Tue, Nov 1, 2011 06:30 PM

Onsale to General Public
This Presale Starts at: Sat, 07/23/11 10:00 AM PDT

Internet Presale
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Lil Wayne
White River Amphitheatre
Auburn, WA
Sun, Sep 4, 2011 07:00 PM

Onsale to General Public
Starts: Sat, 07/23/11 10:00 AM PDT

Live Nation & Radio Pre-Sales
Starts: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 AM PDT
This Presale Ends at: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 PM PDT

Live Nation Mobile App Presale
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This Presale Ends at: Fri, 07/22/11 10:00 PM PDT

Citi ® Cardmember Preferred Tickets
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This Presale Ends at: Sun, 08/07/11 10:00 PM PDT

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
Rose Quarter
Portland, OR
Thu, 09.15.2011 – Sun, 09.18.2011

Onsale to General Public
The presale begins at: , 07/23/11 10:00 AM PDT

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