Lana v. Ticketmaster

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Nature of the Action:

Plaintiffs bring this class action lawsuit against the Defendant, [Ticket Vendor's Name], for engaging in unfair and deceptive ticket purchasing practices that prevented Plaintiffs and members of the proposed class from acquiring tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert scheduled for [Concert Date and Venue].

 

Class Action Allegations:

1. Numerosity: The class consists of a substantial number of individuals who were unable to obtain Lana Del Rey concert tickets through Defendant's ticketing platform due to alleged unfair practices.

2. Common Questions of Law and Fact: Common questions of law and fact exist among class members, including, but not limited to, whether Defendant's practices violated consumer protection laws and whether Defendant's actions constituted deceptive business practices.

3. Typicality: The claims of the representative Plaintiffs are typical of the claims of the class members, as they all stem from Defendant's alleged engagement in practices that resulted in the denial of ticket access.

4. Adequacy of Representation: The representative Plaintiffs are well-equipped to represent the interests of the class, given their shared interest in seeking resolution for Defendant's alleged wrongful actions.

5. Class Definitions: The proposed class is defined as all individuals who attempted to purchase tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert scheduled for [Concert Date and Venue] through Defendant's platform but were prevented from doing so due to Defendant's alleged unfair and deceptive practices.

 

Causes of Action:

1. Violation of Consumer Protection Laws: Defendant's practices violated consumer protection laws, including but not limited to [cite relevant consumer protection laws], by engaging in practices that were deceptive, misleading, and prevented consumers from accessing tickets.

2. Unfair Business Practices: Defendant's actions constituted unfair business practices by utilizing tactics that interfered with legitimate consumers' ability to purchase tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert.

 

Relief Sought:

Plaintiffs seek the following relief:

1. Certification of the proposed class;
2. Equitable remedies to address the unfair practices and ensure fair ticket access for class members for the Lana Del Rey concert;
3. Injunctive relief to prevent similar incidents in the future;
4. Restitution for class members who were unjustly denied ticket access;
5. Attorneys' fees and costs;
6. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

 

Jury Demand:

Plaintiffs demand a trial by jury on all issues so triable.

 

Prayer for Relief:

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court:

1. Certify the proposed class;
2. Order equitable remedies to address unfair ticket purchasing practices and ensure fair access for class members;
3. Grant injunctive relief to prevent similar incidents;
4. Award restitution to class members;
5. Award attorneys' fees and costs;
6. Provide such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

[Rivers 990]

Only solution is if she offers a credit code with Spotify listens or something similar. 

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Just now, Rivers said:

Only solution is if she offers a credit code with Spotify listens or something similar. 

or email presale ... 😓😞🙏

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Agreed, Ticketmaster sucks 

[Rivers 990]

17 minutes ago, lanitataco said:

Nature of the Action:

Plaintiffs bring this class action lawsuit against the Defendant, [Ticket Vendor's Name], for engaging in unfair and deceptive ticket purchasing practices that prevented Plaintiffs and members of the proposed class from acquiring tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert scheduled for [Concert Date and Venue].

 

Class Action Allegations:

1. Numerosity: The class consists of a substantial number of individuals who were unable to obtain Lana Del Rey concert tickets through Defendant's ticketing platform due to alleged unfair practices.

2. Common Questions of Law and Fact: Common questions of law and fact exist among class members, including, but not limited to, whether Defendant's practices violated consumer protection laws and whether Defendant's actions constituted deceptive business practices.

3. Typicality: The claims of the representative Plaintiffs are typical of the claims of the class members, as they all stem from Defendant's alleged engagement in practices that resulted in the denial of ticket access.

4. Adequacy of Representation: The representative Plaintiffs are well-equipped to represent the interests of the class, given their shared interest in seeking resolution for Defendant's alleged wrongful actions.

5. Class Definitions: The proposed class is defined as all individuals who attempted to purchase tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert scheduled for [Concert Date and Venue] through Defendant's platform but were prevented from doing so due to Defendant's alleged unfair and deceptive practices.

 

Causes of Action:

1. Violation of Consumer Protection Laws: Defendant's practices violated consumer protection laws, including but not limited to [cite relevant consumer protection laws], by engaging in practices that were deceptive, misleading, and prevented consumers from accessing tickets.

2. Unfair Business Practices: Defendant's actions constituted unfair business practices by utilizing tactics that interfered with legitimate consumers' ability to purchase tickets for the Lana Del Rey concert.

 

Relief Sought:

Plaintiffs seek the following relief:

1. Certification of the proposed class;
2. Equitable remedies to address the unfair practices and ensure fair ticket access for class members for the Lana Del Rey concert;
3. Injunctive relief to prevent similar incidents in the future;
4. Restitution for class members who were unjustly denied ticket access;
5. Attorneys' fees and costs;
6. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

 

Jury Demand:

Plaintiffs demand a trial by jury on all issues so triable.

 

Prayer for Relief:

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court:

1. Certify the proposed class;
2. Order equitable remedies to address unfair ticket purchasing practices and ensure fair access for class members;
3. Grant injunctive relief to prevent similar incidents;
4. Award restitution to class members;
5. Award attorneys' fees and costs;
6. Provide such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

I don't want you to lose money in a lawsuit.

 

What they will argue is that you have to define what is the certification of the class of ticket purchasers. 

How do you measure the difference between a fan purchasing a ticket, and another purchasing for resale? 

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Just now, Rivers said:

I don't want you to lose money in a lawsuit.

 

What they will argue is that you have to define what is the certification of the class of ticket purchasers. 

How do you measure the difference between a fan purchasing a ticket, and another purchasing for resale? 

this just for the gag

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Just now, lanitataco said:

this just for the gag

Ah I see. Damn.

 

One solution is that tickets can never be resold for marked up prices. I don't know how that would be legally implemented but it's possible..

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Just now, Rivers said:

Ah I see. Damn.

 

One solution is that tickets can never be resold for marked up prices. I don't know how that would be legally implemented but it's possible..

you cant really do that tbh, and they wont since they also make profits of resells. 

we just need to stop letting one company run 95% of ticket sales lol they have a monopoly over the market

 

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48 minutes ago, lanitataco said:

 

we just need to stop letting one company run 95% of ticket sales lol they have a monopoly over the market

 

 

The same is happening in Argentina with AllAccess. 90% of shows are sold through them, and they're always overpriced, they charge a crazy amount for "service tax" and the line system they have sucks. 

 

They luckily don't have that dynamical / changing price system Ticketmaster has.

[Embach 42,414]

why is ticketmaster still legal and active at this point???

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1 hour ago, lanitataco said:

you cant really do that tbh, and they wont since they also make profits of resells. 

we just need to stop letting one company run 95% of ticket sales lol they have a monopoly over the market

 

australia has a law banning profiting over 10% on resale the US needs to get it together

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6 minutes ago, Embach said:

why is ticketmaster still legal and active at this point???

There are 2 lawsuits right now.

 

One for the arbitration process.

And another suing over monopoly violations. 

The latter being hundreds of swifities and a few lawyers. 

The former a lawyer and four others. 

Ticketmaster will try to push the court dates as far away as possible. 

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I honestly think tickets should be sold physically. 
just read this article:
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ticketbot-inventor-ken-lowson-explains-scalping/9055238

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5 minutes ago, Slow Dance to rock music said:

I honestly think tickets should be sold physically. 
just read this article:
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ticketbot-inventor-ken-lowson-explains-scalping/9055238

WOW! We don't have a real chance with these kind of numbers.

A 2016 investigation by the New York Attorney-General found most tickets are pre-sold.

To re-use the example of the 2006 Rose Bowl, the stadium had 100,000 seats, but only 1000 went on sale to the public.

"My lawyers were like, what about the other 99,000?"

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1 minute ago, TexasTraveler said:

WOW! We don't have a real chance with these kind of numbers.

A 2016 investigation by the New York Attorney-General found most tickets are pre-sold.

To re-use the example of the 2006 Rose Bowl, the stadium had 100,000 seats, but only 1000 went on sale to the public.

"My lawyers were like, what about the other 99,000?"

I honestly don't know, but yeah exactly so- 
if it's Lana, then I'd rather just physically wait in line at an earlier date or something cus that's kinda- no that's just too much. 

[Quincy 4,400]

Why don’t more venues sell tickets directly? Is it too much to maintain a website with that bandwidth? Do they make a larger profit? Like why?

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I read the first few lines and almost thought it was written by Louise 

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the problem is the that ticketmaster is probably the only company that can handle selling tickets for as big as an artist as lana or taylor and not have major crashes or outages

 

obviously the eras tour situation wasnt great but imagine that scale on a smaller ticket selling site or individual venue sites. it would be near impossible for the site to handle that many visitors 

 

i agree that ticketmasters gouging and practices are abhorrent and laws need to be passed regarding ticket reselling and fees/platinum prices but as far as servers go they are the best option for artists like lana

 

regarding resellers i am a major advocate of other ways for fans to get tickets. i think presales for top spotify/am listeners are a great option, because i don’t think verified fan works at all. if there was a legal limit on the price tickets can be resold for (like 10% above list price), then it would discourage resellers from being able to make a profit and more actual fans can get tickets

 

modern music has been built around the current ways of selling tickets, which is sad, but if we didnt have TM, we would probably be lining up outside the venue like the 60’s to buy tickets

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doesn’t Australia have a law that for certain concerts, tickets can’t be resold for more than 10% of the original price? I think they used that for the Taylor swift concert. America loses again! 

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12 minutes ago, Beautiful Loser said:

I read the first few lines and almost thought it was written by Louise 

@Louise ,,,, file the SUIT king