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Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans
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A federal jury concluded that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit illegally maintained monopoly power in the concert-ticket market, violating antitrust law. The verdict, described as a victory for state attorneys general who brought the case after a Department of Justice settlement, found the companies overcharged fans by leveraging that monopoly.
Written from all 5 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·Live Nation Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds
- The Verge·Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury rules
- Hacker News·Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States
- TechMeme·A jury finds that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled (NBC News)
- Engadget·Federal jury finds concert business Live Nation is a monopoly
- Ars Technica·Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans
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