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LIVE: Submissions pile in for ticket consultation.
THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTATION INTO TICKETING PRACTICES in the UK has already attracted more than 100 submissions from agents, promoters and related businesses in the live sector.
Officially, the Department for Culture Media and Sport cannot comment on the contents of public submissions before the consultation closes in mid-May, but sources tell Music Week that the number of responses to date is now well into triple figures.
Alongside agents and promoters, venue operators, ticketing companies, artists and their managers are expected to participate in the consultation, while members of the public - among them the victims of last summer's high-profile ticket frauds - are also being encouraged to make their views known.
Concert Promoters' Association chairman Rob Ballantine, who gave evidence to the DCMS select committee on ticket touting in June 2007, tells Music Week that he expects promoters to put forward their own arguments, in addition to a submission from his own organisation.
Ticketmaster is also expected to submit to the Consultation. A spokesman says, "Ticketmaster ...
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