If you’ve gone online to buy tickets for a big concert lately, the odds are good that you’ve encountered a “sold out” notification mere minutes after the designated on-sale time. This seems pretty ...

Bots — automated programs that can perform tasks online exponentially faster than us poor meatbags — have been a plague on the concert ticket-buying public for decades now. A single bot can buy a ...

Ever tried to see your favorite band or show but find you can’t because the prices are insane? In part, it’s because some creeps with computers stole all the best seats and are selling them back to ...

Alberta plans to ban rapid ticket-buying "bot" software as part of a series of new rules on event-ticket selling, but is stopping short of more heavy-handed regulatory measures on ticket sellers, ...

Recognizing that rapid ticket-scalping "bot" technology will only get more sophisticated with time, Ontario plans to implement a cap on markups for resold tickets at 50 per cent above their face value ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ontario first tried ...

The B.C. government has introduced legislation that will eliminate ticket bots and mass-buying software. But the legislation does not set a cap on reselling sites or force venues to disclose to the ...

New legislation takes aim at online ticket bots The provincial government is taking aim at online ticket scalpers in a new set of legislation. Ontario is seeking to strengthen consumer protection ...

‘Bots’ would be banned, resellers required to disclose face value under proposed law Scalper bots, software that’s used to scoop up tickets for concerts and sporting events for resale at inflated ...

VICTORIA – B.C. is moving to ban ticket scalping bots that buy-up tickets for live events and then charge customers outrageous resale rates. The government introduced legislation Tuesday that will ban ...

VICTORIA — B.C. will follow the lead of other provinces by introducing legislation this fall targeting scalpers and bots that snatch up tickets to live events and gouge customers by reselling them for ...

There are a lot of hot tickets out there that any fan would feel lucky to get. But your chances of scoring a seat — let alone a good one — may not have much to do with luck at all. Ken Lowson, a ...