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Michigan House panel greenlights 'Taylor Swift' bills taking on ticket scalpers
(Michigan Advance) Members of the Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee this week passed a set of bipartisan bills intended to bar individuals from using software to circumvent purchasing limits when buying tickets online, advancing the bipartisan bills to the House floor.
House Bills 5661 and 5662, dubbed the “Taylor Swift Bills” by their sponsors, aim to protect consumers while purchasing tickets for high-in-demand events like Swift’s Eras tour, with the ticket website Ticketmaster canceling public sale of tickets after overwhelming demand from fans and bot attacks led to website crashes and hours long wait times.
In announcing the bills in April, state Reps. Graham Filler (R-St. Johns) and Mike McFall (D-Hazel Park) unloaded a few Swift puns in their news release headline: “Reps. McFall, Filler take ‘Swift’ action to protect people against ticket bots: It’s time for Michigan to enter its consumer protection era.” ....................(more)
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/06/20/michigan-house-panel-greenlights-taylor-swift-bills-taking-on-ticket-scalpers/