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 ...

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 ...

Congress demands answers around the use of bots in online ticket sales, including Ticketmaster's sales of Taylor Swift's Eras stadium tour. (Rick Scuteri / Invision / Associated Press) After ...

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 ...

It looks like Ontario's new, anti-ticket bot legislation is doing little to stop marquee events from selling out online within seconds – but only because nothing is ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The B.C. government is introducing legislation to ban software and bots that scoop up huge numbers of tickets to live events before fans get a chance to buy them at face value. The proposed ticket ...