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[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why the fuck hasn't anybody done this yet, at any point in the last 10-20 years?

Ticketmaster is the absolute textbook definition of an abusive monopoly in every way. They make it impossible to use anyone else, on either the fan or musician side, so that they can charge way way more than how much would be competitive. Hopefully the lawsuit takes 5 minutes "Your honor I move that they clearly have a monopoly and be sentenced to death" "Granted, fuck 'em, so ordered."

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Why the fuck hasn't anybody done this yet, at any point in the last 10-20 years?

Why would they when they are being paid?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

Oh look, it's the American government doing what the American government does

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Voting only matters when money isn't at stake. Everything else is bought and sold by a few people who aren't you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I'm actually surprised at how little they spend on lobbying, even with the recent uptick. It must be the other thing, you know, our representatives are shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Pearl Jam tried to take them on a while back. The problem with monopolies is they’re incredibly powerful. They got that way by lobbying (read: bribing), and the more they succeed, they more they’re likely to succeed. Their power grows exponentially, basically. So by the time they get to be a monopoly, they’re basically super monopolies because they have the government in their pocket.