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Unfortunately I couldn't get online until late in the evening, and by the time I got to Ticketmaster the seats were sold out. Ticketmaster informed me tickets were still available through "Ticketnow," a resale company owned by Ticketmaster. Here, the cheapest tickets I could find were being sold for three times the original price. You snooze you lose, right?
However for those of us who need to keep our jobs, that may not be an option. I am aware of sites like StubHub where people make their living buying and immediately reselling tickets for hot shows. But for a company that already makes money from 11 types of "convenience" charges to also own an additional store where you are encouraged to scalp the tickets you just bought from them is just wrong.
Ticketmaster is facing a U.S. Senate judiciary committee investigation and $500 million in class action lawsuits in Canada (in Ontario it is illegal to resell tickets for higher than their original value). Will anything come of the angry threats and pleas for justice? It depends on whether or not scalping is illegal, which can vary from state to state and gets complicated when transactions take place online.
http://blog.tunecore.com/2009/04/scalping-tickets-in-the-digital-age.htmlUnfortunately I couldn't get online until late in the evening, and by the time I... more
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Usually TV shows pay good money for the use of a song, but not MTV-- they required labels to allow them to use the music for free in their TV shows when you submitted a music video to be considered for programming on their network.
The labels fed MTV free music and videos and in return hoped to get their videos aired which in turn would drive huge music sales. And MTV made a fortune off the advertising.
Warner Music recently demanded that all its videos and music be removed from YouTube. Warner previously granted YouTube the legal rights to use its content and YouTube generated a lot of money from it via advertising.
Now Warner wants to be paid more by YouTube. If the Google-owned YouTube does not comply, it opens itself up to potentially tens of millions of dollars in copyright infringement fines. Universal did this same thing successfully some time ago.
http://blog.tunecore.com/2009/01/jeff-prices-article-in-the-huffington-post.htmlUsually TV shows pay good money for the use of a song, but not MTV-- they required... more
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Phone companies help the government spy by turning over "your-phone records, emails and other sensitive information!
THE Democratic-controlled Senate has rolled over on your right to privacy, abandoning legislation that would enforce the constitutional requirements of probable cause and due process of law before the laws change. Keep track of this for your freedom... NO JOKE!
http://www.lydiacornell.com/2008/02/phone-companies-being-given-right-to.htmlPhone companies help the government spy by turning over "your-phone records,... more
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Seychelles, the idyllic archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, is best known as an island paradise playground for celebrities, royalty and the ultra-wealthy. These days, it's better known for something else: bankruptcy
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Seychelles-Paradise-goes-hftn-14745001.htmlSeychelles, the idyllic archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, is... more
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I just got a my first DUI ticket last weekend. after consulting with a few lawyers and friend who works in the law firm. I am more confused than ever about the procedures of a DUI case. Almost all the lawyers say the same, "without knowning your alcohal level, we dont know our chances of winning"
but all of them want to charge me $3000 just to take the case and an additional $3000 to go to trial (if we need to). my paralegal friends tells me that the 1st $3000 is just to sucker me into hiring them. And they are not going to do anything but go to trial.
http://www.mirrorofjustice.com/DUI-Law/31649.htmI just got a my first DUI ticket last weekend. after consulting with a few lawyers and... more
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A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after taking part in the brutal armed robbery of an Omaha, Nebraska bar.
http://www.ktsm.com/news/12-year-old-robs-barA 12-year-old boy has been arrested after taking part in the brutal armed robbery of... more
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