Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Ticketmaster 'ticket bot' appeal

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The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party ticket reselling.

Ticketmaster tickets and gift cards are shown at a box office in San Jose, Calif., on May 11, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Paul SakumaOTTAWA -

The class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. was one of five launched against the companies in 2018 after media reports about Ticketmaster's activity in the secondary ticket market. In its submissions to the Supreme Court of Canada, Ticketmaster argued that its purchase policy and terms of use were agreements with individuals who used the company's website to buy tickets, rather than “representations” to the public at-large.

 

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