British Prime Minister talks secondary ticketing

British Prime Minister Theresa May said the report by professor Michael Waterson on the secondary ticketing market will be considered very carefully.

Waterson had asked the government, more than a month ago, why his report had remained a dead letter. Now came the response, stimulated by the questioning by MP Nigel Adams: «A few weeks ago I thought that I had successfully bought four tickets online for one of my favourite bands, Green Day, only to be told that the tickets were unavailable and the gig was sold out, but within minutes I could buy the tickets on another site, for twice the price. It turns out that the ticket site had been the victim of a computerised attack by organised touts», said Adams.

If the law under discussion will pass, it will become illegal to use digital software to purchase tickets, exceeding the legal number. The proposal also has the support of reseller StubHub.