Ticketmaster is alleging that bots were used to snap up over 30,000 tickets for the popular Broadway musical, Hamilton.
The company filed a federal lawsuit against Prestige Entertainment, who is alleged to have acquired up to 30-40% of all the available Hamilton tickets through illicit means, with a view to re-selling them at a higher price.
The lawsuit, which you can read here, alleges that Prestige used bot technology to make 313,528 orders from January 2015 to September 2016.
An excerpt from the suit reads: "(Prestige Entertainment) have been using bots to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website and mobile app, and through such unlawful use, improperly procure tickets for the purpose of reselling them at a substantial profit"
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The company filed a federal lawsuit against Prestige Entertainment, who is alleged to have acquired up to 30-40% of all the available Hamilton tickets through illicit means, with a view to re-selling them at a higher price.
The lawsuit, which you can read here, alleges that Prestige used bot technology to make 313,528 orders from January 2015 to September 2016.
An excerpt from the suit reads: "(Prestige Entertainment) have been using bots to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website and mobile app, and through such unlawful use, improperly procure tickets for the purpose of reselling them at a substantial profit"
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