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Minister hints at U-turn over legislation on ticket touting.
Creative industries minister Shaun Woodward has thrown a crumb of comfort to concert promoters by suggesting that the Government might introduce legislation to outlaw ticket touts.
Live music representatives have been frustrated at the Government's inaction over touts and the secondary market, culminating in a final ticketing summit in February, which fell a long way short of introducing new laws or, at least, tough new measures. Its recommendations included a "shop a tout" hotline and for the live industry to come up with its own ideas.
However, at the end of another House of Commons debate on the issue last Tuesday, Woodward conceded that, "We might have to introduce legislation." In response to 30 minutes of intense questioning in the adjournment debate from Labour MPs John Robertson and Jim Devine and SNP MP Pete Wishart, Woodward added, "The industry should be in no doubt that the Government is prepared to act if its application of technology and available enforcement mechanisms ultimately fail the consumer."
Despite previously pushing the line that the Government would prefer the industry to find creative ways to solve the problem itself, a spokeswoman for the DCMS denies that Woodward's remarks about legislation are ...
- Black concert promoters alleging bias.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Jameson, Tonya December 24, 1998 700+ words
...businessman is one of five black concert promoters suing the music industry's top...talent and booking agencies and 29 concert promoters of civil rights and antitrust violations...high. The suit estimates that white concert promoters earn about 90 percent of total concert...
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...infringement against Atlanta-based concert promoters Alex Cooley, Peter David Conlon...of several months, the defendant concert promoters were offered a license agreement...for music professionals, such as concert promoters, whose stock and trade are copyrights...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 27, 2006 700+ words
...forces with Ticketmaster and four of the nation's largest concert promoters, Live Nation, House of Blues, AEG Live, and Nederlander...gear and simply do not have the funds to replace them. As concert promoters, we're ideally positioned to align our collective summer...
- Anaheim, Calif., Concert Venue to Take Bids from More Concert Promoters.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) December 18, 2003 700+ words
...Arena Management, is opening its doors to bids by other concert promoters. The changes, effective Tuesday, end a 10-year deal...manager of the Pond. "We want to open it up to any and all concert promoters, including the Nederlanders. In many ways, it's not...
- Black Concert Promoters File Suit Against Major Talent Agencies And...
- Magazine article from: Jet December 14, 1998 700+ words
Five Black concert promoters recently filed a $700 million lawsuit against major talent agencies and promoters, alleging they prevented them from promoting...
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- Magazine article from: Leisure Report March 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Jet June 20, 1994 700+ words
Don't expect Whitney Houston to sing her ubiquitous hit I Will Always Love You to her San Juan, Puerto Rico concert promoters. Houston is suing the promoters, claiming they defrauded her out of a percentage of the receipts from her April 24...
- Fallout from Concert Promoters' Dispute Likely to Linger in Virginia.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News McDonald, Sam January 18, 1999 700+ words
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 17 -- Bill Reid and Jack Boyle are two successful concert promoters who in 1997 severed a long and lucrative business relationship and started fighting over money. Their bitter disagreement landed...
- Regine: Don't let concert promoters destroy our name.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 10, 2002 700+ words
...lang natin ang nasisira!" We can only hope that things don't end on a sour note between local talents and overseas concert promoters so that our kababayan abroad will still get a taste of good old OPM music. Rizzo in town IF you love Tin-Tin Bersola...
- NEWS IN BRIEF: North American concert promoters.
- Magazine article from: Music Week January 10, 2009 700+ words
Box office receipts from North American concert promoters show the live music industry is weathering the recession. December box office receipts were $4.2bn, up 7.8% from the previous...