Petition · past parliament
Stop the resale of concert tickets on secondary websites above face value price
Closed
37 signatures
What the petition asks
Concert tickets sell out within minutes due to use of specialist software purchasing them in mass.
New laws put in place earlier this year have seemingly made no difference.
New laws put in place earlier this year have seemingly made no difference.
Reselling football tickets is illegal under section 166 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. This prevents touts from buying and reselling at inflated prices.
We need something similar for concert tickets. One option is to not allow secondary sites to resell concert tickets for more than the face value, excluding transaction fees and a small fee to ensure profit for the site. Selling at a highly inflated rate should not be allowed. It's unbeneficial for fans and the music business alike.
The fan fair alliance goes into more detail on this - http://fanfairalliance.org/faqs/
We need something similar for concert tickets. One option is to not allow secondary sites to resell concert tickets for more than the face value, excluding transaction fees and a small fee to ensure profit for the site. Selling at a highly inflated rate should not be allowed. It's unbeneficial for fans and the music business alike.
The fan fair alliance goes into more detail on this - http://fanfairalliance.org/faqs/
Timeline
| 30 Oct 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Apr 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
37
Status
Closed
Opened
30 Oct 2018
Closed
30 Apr 2019
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