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Fix the Tix Coalition Calls for TICKET Act Changes to Protect Consumers: ‘It Contains Gaps’
A concert ticketing bill in the Senate needs more consumer protections, say advocates led by Fix the Tix coalition chairman Stephen Parker.
A letter authored by Fix the Tix chairman Stephen Parker implores Congress to strengthen the bill aimed at increasing price transparency, banning speculative ticket sales and more. Parker also hints that members of his coalition — which includes The Recording Academy, the National Independent Talent Organization and the Artists Rights Alliance — feel left out and want to play a more active role in the legislative process. “We encourage the Committee to hold a dedicated hearing or otherwise engage” members of the Fix the Tix coalition, Parker wrote, adding that “their real-life expertise can help craft a stronger, more effective TICKET Act” and noting his dismay with the increasing role the “predatory reseller lobby and the ‘consumer groups’ they fund to do their bidding” have played in drafting the bill.
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