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	Ticketmaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ticketmaster is the subject of frequent complaints in the blogosphere and print media due to high ticket service charges.
		Ticketmaster was found to be not guilty of violating antitrust law.
		Ticketmaster is the primary ticket seller for 27 of the 30 NHL teams and 28 of 30 NBA teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ticketmaster (1046 words)

	Five Horizons: Articles, Ticketmaster Testimony 6/30/94
		Ticketmaster is a nationwide computerized ticket distribution service that has a virtual monopoly on the distribution of tickets to concerts in this country.
		We were informed that Ticketmaster threatened the promoter of this concert with a lawsuit for violating its exclusive Ticketmaster agreement by allowing this method of distribution to occur, and also temporarily disabled the promoter's ticket machine to that it could not print tickets for the concert for that time.
		Ticketmaster is also a monopolist, having acquired and perpetuated that position through its acquisition of Ticketron and various other regional ticket services and the use of long term exclusive contracts.
	www.fivehorizons.com /archive/articles/testimon.shtml (2673 words)

	GigaLaw.com: Ticketmaster Corp., et al. v. Tickets.Com, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster has exclusive agreements with the events it carries on its web pages so that tickets are not generally available to those events except through Ticketmaster (or reserved for sale by the event itself, or available from premium ticket brokers who generally charge higher than face value).
		Where the exclusive ticket broker is Ticketmaster, and the customer clicks on "Buy this ticket from another on-line ticketing company", the customer is instantly transferred to the interior web page of Ticketmaster (bypassing the home page) for the particular event in question, where the customer may buy the tickets (from Ticketmaster, not Tickets) on-line.
		In defending this claim, Ticketmaster makes reference to the "shrink-wrap license" cases, where the packing on the outside of the CD stated that opening the package constitutes adherence to the license agreement (restricting republication) contained therein.
	www.gigalaw.com /library/ticketmaster-tickets-2000-03-27.html (2110 words)

	Ticketmaster Europe.com
		Although Ticketmaster cannot monitor the conduct of its Users off the Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from this Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit or sell to any User without their prior explicit consent.
		Ticketmaster may release user information about you if required by law or subpoena, or if the information is necessary or appropriate to release to address an unlawful or harmful activity.
		Ticketmaster is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites or for the privacy policies and practices of other third parties.
	www.ticketmastereurope.com /legal.asp (1765 words)

	Trash City: Why Ticketmaster Sucks
		Ticketmaster has gobbled up competitors such as Ticketweb, to such an extent that in 2000 it was estimated that the company controlled 90% of the market, and in 2001, they sold $3.6 billion worth of tickets.
		Ticketmaster is responsible for a lot of frustration for my wife and me last night.
		Ticketmaster given walking papers by Valley venue - "Citing "ridiculous" service charges that can boost the price of a concert ticket by more than 35 percent, the operators of Phoenix's Celebrity Theatre have given Ticketmaster the boot." A subsequent poll in the paper found that 92% of people thought Ticketmaster's charges were excessive.
	www.trashcity.org /ARTICLES/TICKET.HTM (1483 words)

	Phish.Net FAQ: Ticketmaster
		Ticketmaster is a national agency that directly distributes tickets for events and, in exchange, charges handling and other service fees.
		Orders can be placed with Ticketmaster either by phone (via numbers designated for the show), in person (at licensed Ticketmaster outlets within a defined geographical area), and online (for most shows, typically with a delay after the on-sale time).
		Some who object to Ticketmaster's virtual monopoly on ticket sales -- that is, being the sole distributor for virtually all tickets at a significant number of major venues nationwide, and with service charges on tickets and orders that in some cases consistute a 25% or higher surcharge -- refer to the agency, derogatorily, as Ticketbastards.
	www.phish.net /faq/ticketmaster.html (589 words)

	THE EVILS OF TICKETMASTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Whenever you buy tickets through Ticketmaster, they charge you between five and ten dollars for what they call a “convenience charge.” After the last few weeks I have to wonder exactly what “conveniences” we are being charged for, because I have not seen any.
		We have been besieged by a rash of inconveniences (and that is putting it very mildly) due to Ticketmaster’s shoddy attention to detail and a lack of communication between their various offices.
		Ticketmaster kept going slow on me, so that even when I got tickets, the transaction would time-out before it was confirmed.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/MetalBabe/rant2.html (1160 words)

	Rolling Stone : Incident Fight Ticketmaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster service charges are high -- $10.10 for $32.50 tickets to the band's upcoming Red Rocks shows.
		Ticketmaster, a Los Angeles company that sold 95 million tickets for entertainment events last year, announced plans to countersue.
		For years, Ticketmaster has defended itself from accusations of inflated service-charge fees by claiming they are the cost of doing business.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5936870/incident_fight_ticketmaster (777 words)

	Chuck Shotton on Ticketmaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is just one more in a series of suits that Ticketmaster has brought against potential competitors in order to maintain their deathgrip on the live music performance industry.
		Ticketmaster sued, citing that it alone had rights to promote and sell tickets for that venue.
		While I can see how Ticketmaster is probably just extrapolating their monopolistic behaviors from the real world into Cyberspace, I think they've chosen the wrong rationale to justify their actions.
	www.scripting.com /davenet/stories/chuckShottonTicketmaster.html (396 words)

	Sold Out - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster was the gatekeeper of tickets to events surrounding President Bush's recent inauguration.
		Ticketmaster has cemented its position as seller of $5 billion worth of tickets annually partly by adding services like the one defunct Season Ticket Solutions (STS) of Massachusetts, the company now suing Ticketmaster, claims it hijacked.
		In the summer of 2001, STS agreed to be bought by Ticketmaster for somewhere between $10 million and $40 million in stock.
	www.forbes.com /business/2005/01/27/cx_ld_0127ticketmaster.html (810 words)

	Ticketmaster - Help
		Accordingly, all information we receive may be shared among the different parts of Ticketmaster in connection with Ticketmaster's operations, and all information that is subject to this privacy policy will be used in accordance with this privacy policy by all parts of Ticketmaster.
		Ticketmaster will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your contact information by a third party to whom Ticketmaster is allowed to disclose your contact information under this privacy policy.
		Ticketmaster will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your financial information by a third party to whom Ticketmaster is allowed to disclose your financial information under this privacy policy.
	www.ticketmaster.ca /h/privacy.html (2492 words)

	Ticketmaster v. Microsoft Complaint
		Ticketmaster is engaged in the business of providing automated ticketing services to various arenas and other sites located throughout the United States and elsewhere.
		Ticketmaster's web site, utilizing Ticketmaster's name and marks, is a valuable commercial asset in that it provides information that consumers desire and in which they have come to have confidence, as well as providing a means of easy access to the purchase of tickets.
		By accessing Ticketmaster's live event information and services without Ticketmaster's approval, and by prominently offering it as a service to their users, Microsoft is feathering its own nest at Ticketmaster's expense.
	legal.web.aol.com /decisions/dlip/tickcomp.html (1677 words)

	Ed Foster's Gripelog \|\| Ticketmaster's Privacy Policy: Opting Out is Not an Option (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster's partners "have both the desire and the need to receive information about the consumers who purchase tickets for their entertainment offerings," read the statement, which was attributed to Kerry Samovar, Ticketmaster's chief privacy officer.
		Ticketmaster [at the time I was there] used to assert that it owned this mailing list info, rather than the Box Office for whose event the ticket was purchased.
		For what it's worth, TicketMaster is also a subsidiary of Clear Channel Entertainment, and together with CC's mass takeover of the radio airwaves in the past seveeral years, it appears to me that these companies being in bed together control a part of the music industry much more than the public will ever know.
	www.gripe2ed.com /scoop/story/2003/7/24/84435/6284 (5921 words)

	Ticketmaster
		Although Ticketmaster cannot monitor the conduct of users off the Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from this Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit or sell to any Site user without their prior explicit consent.
		Ticketmaster is not required to provide any refund to you if it exercises any of its rights or remedies because you have violated these Terms or any of Ticketmaster's rights.
		Ticketmaster will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your contact information, or financial information, by a third party to whom Ticketmaster is allowed to disclose your contact information under the Privacy Policy.
	www.ticketmaster.com /h/terms.html (3015 words)

	This Is Broken - Ticketmaster.com inventory
		Ticketmaster also prevents you from just buying the tickets without getting the "processing fee." They should just include the processing fee in the cost.
		Ticketmaster is basically a monopoly and obviously doesn't care about user experience, and is apparently too cheap to spend an hour fixing their interface.
		For example, I went to a Ticketmaster outlet and waited half an hour in the rain for it to open up and sell Stones tickets, which "sold out" in 11 minutes, while I was still about five people back in line.
	www.thisisbroken.com /b/2005/11/ticketmastercom.html (1330 words)

	Business Wire: Revised World Series Ticket Information: Ticketmaster Online Hits a Home Run With Baseball Tickets on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Additionally, Ticketmaster has announced that San Diego Padres World Series tickets are scheduled to go on sale for The Fall Classic today, Tues., Oct. 13 at 6:30 PM (PDT) via Ticketmaster Online at www.ticketmaster.com; by calling the toll-free Padres' Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone Hotline at 877-98Padres; and at the Padres box office at Qualcomm Stadium.
		Ticketmaster Online (www.ticketmaster.com) is the Internet's leading event ticketing and information source, selling event tickets 24-hours a day, with more than 30,000 event listings.
		Ticketmaster is the world's leading computerized ticketing service; selling 70 million tickets valued at more than two billion dollars, through more than 2,900 retail Ticket Center outlets; 29 worldwide telephone call centers; and its Internet site.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Oct_13/ai_53080076 (481 words)

	Ticketmaster - Client Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster's General Manager Karen Swope looks on as Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin takes her turn at the canvas.
		Ticketmaster’s Tickets for Kids program provides family entertainment event tickets as rewards and incentives to young people who have proven their willingness to contribute to their community.
		Email us if you are interested in learning more about Ticketmaster products or services or to add others in your organization to our distribution list.
	client.ticketmaster.com /Extranet/news/news.asp?id=398 (585 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ticketmaster Online Store at Epinions.com
		Ticketmaster Online provides a service that anyone else could provide, yet it charges ridiculous fees and is rude to its customers.
		One link said "ticketmaster," and the other one said something like "purchase tickets from the Field." Of course I clicked the latter link because it seemed to be the one that was in no way involved with ticketmaster.
		A third-party buyer (what we are) cannot sue ticketmaster, because we purchase tickets, be it online or over the phone, through ticketmaster, but we are buying the tickets for an event that someone else is sponsoring.
	www.epinions.com /content_35936767620 (814 words)

	Ticketbastard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ticketmaster is essentially the only automated ticketing services company, selling over 60 million tickets a year through approximately 2,900 retail ticket outlets, 25 nationwide telephone call centers and Ticketmaster's Internet site.
		Ticketmaster is a monopoly with a stranglehold on the live entertainment industry in America.
		Contrary to the information given to me by the Ticketmaster sales agent, there were actually two different types of tickets for this event, and it was deemed that my friends and I should sit in balcony seats and watch the Chemical Bros. push buttons from afar.
	www.fantasyland.com /ticketbastard (317 words)

	SALON \| Media Circus
		Ticketmaster is, of course, one of the least-loved monopolies in the world (remember Pearl Jam's noble-but-doomed quest to break its hold and sidestep its maddening service charges?).
		Surely the concert promoters, nightclubs and theaters that contract with Ticketmaster to sell as many tickets as possible to their events -- and that often have little choice but to give Ticketmaster an exclusive deal -- must be looking askance at the company's move.
		Ticketmaster had been trying to set up a partnership with Microsoft Sidewalk, but negotiations fell through -- apparently after Microsoft balked at paying Ticketmaster for access -- and the ticket agency formed a partnership with Sidewalk competitor CitySearch instead.
	www.salon.com /may97/media/media970506.html (1097 words)

	Ticketmaster - What to do when Ticket Master is Sold-Out
		Ticketmaster is the largest ticket distributor in North America.
		Ticketmaster sells tickets at face value which is generally the cheapest.
		Selection may be limited at ticketmaster which is why a lot of people prefer to buy tickets from www.tickco.com, where the good seats are always available!
	www.tickco.com /ticketmaster.htm (258 words)

	Ticketmaster
		Ticketmaster is the world's leading ticketing company, providing ticket sales and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 3,300 retail Ticket Center outlets; 19 worldwide telephone call centers; and a broad online and offline marketing network.
		Ticketmaster serves more than 9,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing exclusive ticketing services for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters, and sold 98 million tickets valued at $5 billion in 2004.
		Ticketmaster is headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI).
	www.iac.com /index/businesses/businesses_detail_ticketmaster.htm (408 words)

	Ticketmaster Copyright Infringement on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the event Ticketmaster does not comply with these demands, I reserve my right to take all appropriate action against Ticketmaster, which may include, but is not limited to, claims of direct and contributory copyright infringement.
		My aim in posting this is not to raise any angry mob justice towards Ticketmaster (whether they deserve it or not), but to prevent this from happening to anybody else in the future.
		Ticketmaster will have to pay you a standard rate for usage (based on what they've paid in the past or based on industry standards given their specific usage...
	flickr.com /photos/kathryn/88718676 (2413 words)

	Ticketmaster privacy policy slammed \| CNET News.com
		That, Ticketmaster critics say, means that the company has made receiving spam part of the price of admission.
		The Ticketmaster privacy policy under fire states that customers may "opt out" of getting e-mail from Ticketmaster itself, but cannot refuse to share their personal information with "event partners"--defined as "the venues, promoters, artists, teams, leagues and other third parties associated with that concert, game or other event."
		One spam opponent said that although she didn't like the policy, she accepted Ticketmaster's defense that it was acting on behalf of its clients.
	news.com.com /2100-1026-5060827.html (1039 words)

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