Sean Allen, a spokesman for the Palace Theatre, said third-party websites that masquerade as legitimate brokers often dupe customers to purchase tickets from them. That has contributed to customers ...

The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ...

Bills to outlaw the use of computer bots to buy event tickets passed in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday. Ticket bots gained extra attention a few years ago when scammers used them to buy ...

Lansing — Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bills to crack down on the use of automated software programs snarling concert ticket sales and driving up prices for big name performers. The ...

Michigan bills to further prevent the use of ticket-buying bots received a House committee hearing Wednesday. Ticket bots are often used to snatch up event tickets by getting around purchase limits, ...

LANSING — Michigan legislators introduced bipartisan bills Wednesday aimed at cracking down on bots that scoop up tickets to popular concerts and sporting events, shutting out fans or leading them to ...

A package of Michigan House bills is working its way through Lansing to prevent bots from grabbing online event tickets and reselling them for a higher value. The so-called "Taylor Swift" bills are a ...