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Monday, October 13, 2025
Supreme Court Rejects Live Nation Appeal, Forcing it to Face Antitrust Lawsuit
TicketNews: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Live Nation Entertainment’s appeal seeking to enforce its controversial arbitration clause, leaving the concert giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary to face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in federal court.
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Maxwell Hamilton
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Fantastic, another win for consumers of the entertainment world. Anti-Trust is one of the few weapons we have in the consumer world to be able to ensure that competition continues, and any competition in the entertainment world is a going to be incredibly beneficial for not only the workers, of the industry. Because competitive wages will inevitability become a reality. But also because more jobs will come from this, as the corporation is forced to split. As someone working in college to eventually join the work force in the entertainment space, it's great to see the working environment improve. But we still have a ton of work to do to get this industry to a point where it becomes incredibly viable to get a career in. But I feel that the change needed to make this industry what it needs to be is just around the corner with these types of lawsuits suddenly becoming the norm in the industry.
It is reassuring to hear about certain legal action taking place that forces corporations such as LiveNation and Ticketmaster to face the consequences of their unfair and greedy business practices after several years of hiking up prices and forcing less competition in their sector. Too often today are companies allowed to negatively affect every day people while also allowing for little recourse (which itself is arduous if you do receive recourse) just because they are making enough money and have enough power to ignore the concerns of those that it affects. Further, it goes to show that fighting with legal action in addition to more collective action by consumers does present a potential path forward towards fighting this corporate greed and ensuring that companies don’t overrun every aspect of our lives. Here’s to hoping for more good news like this that demonstrates the power and potential of litigation of this kind to give consumers more agency and decrease their likelihood of being negatively impacted by companies’ greed.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would be in support of Live Nation at this point–or find it at all surprising that they’re monopolizing the industry. There’s a reason the major antitrust laws have existed for decades and have continued to exist for decades. No matter the political party (I saw an earlier article about how Kid Rock, an outspoken conservative was against Live Nation), at the end of the day the only people who can benefit from oversized corporations are the people who run them. This article made me do some research and learn more about arbitration, and upon actually looking at Ticketmaster’s terms and agreements, I find it absolutely insane that it’s legal for such an industry giant to bypass rights to a jury and trial. I’m glad that something is finally getting done about this. From a consumer standpoint, not looking at any legal jargon, Ticketmaster just kind of sucks.
3 comments:
Fantastic, another win for consumers of the entertainment world. Anti-Trust is one of the few weapons we have in the consumer world to be able to ensure that competition continues, and any competition in the entertainment world is a going to be incredibly beneficial for not only the workers, of the industry. Because competitive wages will inevitability become a reality. But also because more jobs will come from this, as the corporation is forced to split. As someone working in college to eventually join the work force in the entertainment space, it's great to see the working environment improve. But we still have a ton of work to do to get this industry to a point where it becomes incredibly viable to get a career in. But I feel that the change needed to make this industry what it needs to be is just around the corner with these types of lawsuits suddenly becoming the norm in the industry.
It is reassuring to hear about certain legal action taking place that forces corporations such as LiveNation and Ticketmaster to face the consequences of their unfair and greedy business practices after several years of hiking up prices and forcing less competition in their sector. Too often today are companies allowed to negatively affect every day people while also allowing for little recourse (which itself is arduous if you do receive recourse) just because they are making enough money and have enough power to ignore the concerns of those that it affects. Further, it goes to show that fighting with legal action in addition to more collective action by consumers does present a potential path forward towards fighting this corporate greed and ensuring that companies don’t overrun every aspect of our lives. Here’s to hoping for more good news like this that demonstrates the power and potential of litigation of this kind to give consumers more agency and decrease their likelihood of being negatively impacted by companies’ greed.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would be in support of Live Nation at this point–or find it at all surprising that they’re monopolizing the industry. There’s a reason the major antitrust laws have existed for decades and have continued to exist for decades. No matter the political party (I saw an earlier article about how Kid Rock, an outspoken conservative was against Live Nation), at the end of the day the only people who can benefit from oversized corporations are the people who run them. This article made me do some research and learn more about arbitration, and upon actually looking at Ticketmaster’s terms and agreements, I find it absolutely insane that it’s legal for such an industry giant to bypass rights to a jury and trial. I’m glad that something is finally getting done about this. From a consumer standpoint, not looking at any legal jargon, Ticketmaster just kind of sucks.
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