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Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster? by georgeplusplus on Thursday November 17, 2022 @05:23PM (#33646756)
It's probably not along with many other industries that sorely need the Sherman act, but the DOJ would have to bring charges and sometimes it's not politically popular especially during periods of bad economy to do so
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Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster? by KptMarchewa on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:06PM (#33666427)
Well, it actually happened right now. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-opens-antitrust-probe-in...
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Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster? by georgeplusplus on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:31PM (#33676700)
Happy to see.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster? by pedalpete on Sunday November 20, 2022 @01:06AM (#33678751)
This isn't the first time LN/TM have been been through this process.

Ian Hogarth of SongKick describes how he first fought the anti-trust.

https://twitter.com/soundboy/status/1593549611431493632

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