Ticket Scalpers

If you're among the  Arkansas parents who tried really hard to get tickets to the upcoming Hannah Montana concert in North Little Rock, but came up empty-handed,  here's the explanation of what happened. Not that it's going to make your kids any happier, but you'll know you're not along. And you'll understand that you were taken out by technology. And, yes, Arkansas is taking some of the "bad guys" to court.  Read on..keep clicking the headlines to get to the full WSJ article.

How High Tech Scalpers Hoard Hannah Montana Tix

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster is taking aim at what it says is a new obstacle for fans hoping to attend concerts by hot acts like Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen and Hannah Montana: computer software that enables brokers and scalpers to swarm the company's Web site and snap up tickets faster than consumers can. IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ticketmaster earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against RMG Technologies Inc., a small Pittsburgh-based company that runs [...]

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