Consumer Groups Slam CO Bill Enabling Ticket Abuse, Deception

www.ticketnews.com: The recent rejection of multiple consumer-friendly amendments to a Ticketmaster-backed bill in Colorado has drawn condemnation from a group of consumer rights organizations, who have urged that the bill be rejected in its current form. The Ticket Buyer Bill of Rights coalition slammed the decision by lawmakers to revert the bill to its original language, which they say gives “permission to Live Nation’s Ticketmaster and AEG’s AXS to deceive consumers when tickets go on sale, and to turn a blind eye to illegal software bots that scoop up tickets before humans can instead of reporting their usage to law enforcement.”